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Universal Forwarder Log DIR

Josh
Path Finder

Is it possible to configure the log directory of a Windows 4.2 unviversal fowarder?

i.e. we want to log to a directory which is not C:/Program Files/Splunk/var/log/splunk to meet our environment policies.

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Rob
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

Hi Josh,

You may want to create a log-local.cfg file in $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/ which includes a custom path for the following log configuration setting:

appender.A1.fileName=/path/to/your/custom/file.log

For more information, the following documentation link has some useful configuration settings for your log files.

http://www.splunk.com/base/Documentation/4.2/Admin/SplunkLogFiles#log.cfg

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Rob
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

Hi Josh,

You may want to create a log-local.cfg file in $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/ which includes a custom path for the following log configuration setting:

appender.A1.fileName=/path/to/your/custom/file.log

For more information, the following documentation link has some useful configuration settings for your log files.

http://www.splunk.com/base/Documentation/4.2/Admin/SplunkLogFiles#log.cfg

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