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Indexing process

dimoobraznii
Path Finder

Hi guys!

How can I look at indexing process? Can I see what splunk is indexing file by file. Because it looks like black box, I show source and then search index but don't understand how splunk will index new files.

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tom_frotscher
Builder

Hi,
you have some options. If you want to know which files splunk processes, you can for example take a look at the Trailing processor:

https://localhost:8089/services/admin/inputstatus/TailingProcessor%3AFileStatus

To check the performance of the indexing queues you can use the distributed management console. In the splunk webui go to settings > distributed management console > indexing performance.

To get a better understanding of the indexing process, take a look at the docs. For example here: Link

Greetings

Tom

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