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Universal forwarder not using updated index property in inputs.conf

jstockamp
Communicator

While i was working on a few transforms I pointed my forwarder to a "test" index. Once I got the transforms working the way I wanted to, I tried to point the forwarder back to my "main" index, but it doesn't seem to be picking up my change. I've restarted the Windows Universal Forwarder service a few times with no effect. Here's the inputs definition from $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/system/local/inputs.conf (on the forwarder):

[monitor://D:\LogFiles\W3SVC1]
disabled = 0
index = main
whitelist = ex(\d+).log
sourcetype = iis-2

The indexer continues to insert these events into the "test" index instead of "main". Any ideas why this is happening?

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jstockamp
Communicator

I'm not setting the index with any of my transforms ... only filtering out some unwanted data.

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hazekamp
Builder

Got it. Was not sure what transforms you were referring to. Your settings look correct.

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hazekamp
Builder

jstockamp,

Can you verify that your indexer(s) is not affecting the target index. Any index routing props/transforms defined based on host/source/sourcetype for this data could be affecting the target index.

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