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Monitor Splunk Indexer OS Logs - Port Conflicts?

aferone
Builder

I want to monitor /var/log on all of my Splunk Indexers. However, when I configured this, I was then getting issues connecting to my Heavy Forwarders. I configured an outputs.conf to send the logs to the Heavy Forwarders, then back to the Indexers. This probably doesn't sound right.

How would this be accomplished?

Thanks!

P.S. How would I monitor the /var/log on my Heavy Forwards, Search Heads, etc?

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aferone
Builder

I think I have it working by not specifying any outputs.conf on the Indexers.

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aferone
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I think I have it working by not specifying any outputs.conf on the Indexers.

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aferone
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I think I have it working by not specifying any outputs.conf on the Indexers.

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