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Is it possible to use multiple indexes in a single server?

bwniranjan
New Member

We have a multiple logs in a single server. But, I want to separate those logs to control access. Can we send different log files to different indexes so that we can segrate the logs to users?

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prakash007
Builder

If you have a universal forwarder installed on your host, yes-you can send those logs to different indexes...for instance you can have your inputs configured this way..

inputs.conf
[monitor:///var/log/httpd]
sourcetype = access_common
index = web_access 

[monitor:///var/log/messages]
sourcetype = syslog
index = linux_os
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renjith_nair
Legend

@bwniranjan,
Yes of course! You can use multiple indexes in same indexer .

Read though this documentation and let us know in case you have further questions.

How to create multiple indexes
Monitor files and directories with inputs.conf
Input conf for monitor

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