_TCP_ROUTING with clustered indexers system logs

[splunkreal]

Hello,

we have 2 Splunk platforms and we are using _TCP_ROUTING to forward logs.

System logs from 1st platform indexers are currently logged on themself.

We want to also receive system logs from  indexers of the 1st platform on our 2nd platform however there is no default tcpout group on 1st platform indexers.

So should we create default outputs.conf on 1st platform indexers to continue indexing local system logs?

Thanks for your help.

[tej57]

Hello @splunkreal,

Yes, you'll need to define the outputs.conf on Indexers1 to forward the logs to indexers2. If you wish to send all the logs of indexers1 to indexers2, you can definitely use the defaultGroup parameter in outputs.conf. However, if you wish to send only a few logs from indexers1 to indexers2, it would be better to use _TCP_ROUTING in inputs.conf for those particular inputs.

Thanks,
Tejas.

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