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Indexer not forwarding its own internal logs
Do we need to set up anything specific for an indexer internal logs to see .We just added the indexer and I can see logs coming from that indexer from diff inputs but not its own internal logs.I can see its won logs if I log into the indexer.How do I see them on the search head
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Is it happening only for that one indexer OR all the indexers?
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Hello @somesoni2 .It is happening only for one indexer .We have a total of 3 indexers in our cluster
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Not made any changes.I see the data now.Strange!
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Are you running Indexer Cluster ? I have seen this type of issue (not remember exact issue ) and it was configuration issue in distsearch.conf, someone configured distsearch.conf however it was not require because our SH was pointing to Cluster Master.
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Yes it is indexer cluster .Should I look into anything specific?
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Do you have distsearch.conf on Search Head ? Are your Search Head pointing to Cluster Master ?
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Yes its there but there is nothing init regarding the CM. Yes the SH is pointing to the Cluster Master
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Not made any changes.I see the data now
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