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Using the Splunk deployment server to manage the inputs.conf file for multiple servers

tevgey23
Explorer

Is it possible to create different classes of servers so when the forwarder checks in, it get a specific configuration for the inputs.conf file.

So the goal here would be to have all the mail servers have a set of inputs.conf file
and the webservers have their own and so on..

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ChrisG
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

Sure, you want to use server classes.

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