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Will LWF's metrics.log be forwarded to the Indexer as default?

Masa
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

I've noticed LWF's metrics.log were forwarded to the indexer as default in some version of splunk. But, not all the versions. So, which version of LWF will send metrics.log to the Indexer(s)?

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Masa
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

(Corrected the list.) I checked the following versions' default inputs.conf. Here is the list;

4.0.11: Forwarded
4.1.2 : Forwarded
4.1.3 : Forwarded
4.1.4 : Forwarded
4.1.5 : Not Forwarded
4.1.6 : Not Forwarded
4.1.7 : Not Forwarded
4.2 : Forwarded
4.2UniversalForwarder: Forwarded

This is just a default. Of course, you can change the behavior to turn on/off by configuring an inputs.conf.

Masa
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

Gerald: Sorry but my first list was wrong... So, I corrected. It's kinda consistent...or not.

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gkanapathy
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

Thank you! This inconsistency is maddening.

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