Getting Data In

Logging, Splunkforwarder, and Diskless Servers

stl
New Member

I've got a bunch of server which boot entirely without local disk. Is there a means to disable splunkforwarder from wanting to write any log files? As they're pushing data to the indexers for retention it would be excellent if possible.

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nterry
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kristian_kolb
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Sorry, I don't have an answer to your question, but could you not use a RAM disk or log to some NAS/SAN/ordinary network share, or even syslog?

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josephnoall
Engager

I've got the same problem, anybody have an answer for this?

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