Getting Data In

Use one forwarder to act as deployment manager to other forwarders

anz_leycurav
Explorer

Hi,

I have a couple of heavy forwarders to monitor a particular platform, each one for a specific context (dev / test / prod). there is a central indexer with a working deployment manager where, for various reasons, I prefer not to put the config I want to be deploying to my above-mentioned forwarders.

This appears to be a problem in the forwarder management setup on my "main" forwarder as the host names of the "other" forwarders do not appear to be recognized. I can't find anything in the docs that would hint at a restriction, but I can't find either where to define my "other" forwarders as clients to the "main" one. I can see serverclass.conf has been added after I saved the "Edit Clients" page, I also tried bouncing the forwarder but no list of possible client hosts are coming up.

What am I missing pls?

Thanks Vincent.

Tags (2)
0 Karma

anz_leycurav
Explorer

Sorted - I missed the bit documented here: http://wiki.splunk.com/Deploy:DeploymentServer

the "phoning" has to be enabled on the "other" forwarders.

0 Karma
Career Survey
First 500 qualified respondents will receive a $20 gift card! Tell us about your professional Splunk journey.

Can’t make it to .conf25? Join us online!

Get Updates on the Splunk Community!

Take Action Automatically on Splunk Alerts with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform

 Are you ready to revolutionize your IT operations? As digital transformation accelerates, the demand for ...

Calling All Security Pros: Ready to Race Through Boston?

Hey Splunkers, .conf25 is heading to Boston and we’re kicking things off with something bold, competitive, and ...

Beyond Detection: How Splunk and Cisco Integrated Security Platforms Transform ...

Financial services organizations face an impossible equation: maintain 99.9% uptime for mission-critical ...