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All,
I am rewriting my indexes.conf file. It had gotten pretty ugly over the years. I find myself writing the same values over and over again. Is there anyway to declare defaults?
For example, the paths and the frozenTimePeriodInSecs specifically?
[os]
repFactor=0
homePath = volume:splunksilver/os/db
coldPath = volume:splunksilver/os/colddb
thawedPath = $SPLUNK_DB/os/thaweddb
frozenTimePeriodInSecs = 2419200
[java]
Is a passive data center largely. Setting to 28 days retention
repFactor=0
homePath = volume:splunksilver/java/db
coldPath = volume:splunksilver/java/colddb
thawedPath = $SPLUNK_DB/java/thaweddb
frozenTimePeriodInSecs = 2419200
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Yes there is! If you put values outside any stanza they will apply to all unless overridden within a specific stanza. See the top of: https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.5.2/Admin/Indexesconf
```
GLOBAL SETTINGS
Use the [default] stanza to define any global settings.
* You can also define global settings outside of any stanza, at the top
of the file.
* Each conf file should have at most one default stanza. If there are
multiple default stanzas, attributes are combined. In the case of
multiple definitions of the same attribute, the last definition in the
file wins.
* If an attribute is defined at both the global level and in a specific
stanza, the value in the specific stanza takes precedence.
```
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Yes there is! If you put values outside any stanza they will apply to all unless overridden within a specific stanza. See the top of: https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.5.2/Admin/Indexesconf
```
GLOBAL SETTINGS
Use the [default] stanza to define any global settings.
* You can also define global settings outside of any stanza, at the top
of the file.
* Each conf file should have at most one default stanza. If there are
multiple default stanzas, attributes are combined. In the case of
multiple definitions of the same attribute, the last definition in the
file wins.
* If an attribute is defined at both the global level and in a specific
stanza, the value in the specific stanza takes precedence.
```
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Actually I should also add a note, that resolution of default values from the default stanza is done after the merging of all the configuration files from all apps as described in http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.5.2/Admin/Wheretofindtheconfigurationfiles
(Which with indexes the way that could bite you is that some of the shipped indexes.conf have specific stanza level settings in X/default/indexes.conf that would take precedence over default stanza setting in X/local/indexes.conf )
In short remember btool is your friend: https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.5.2/Troubleshooting/Usebtooltotroubleshootconfigurati...
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