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how to force all data to go to a different index?

matt
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

How do I force all data to go to a different index without inserting index=foo for all input stanzas?

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Alan_Bradley
Path Finder

change the default index= under [default]

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Alan_Bradley
Path Finder

change the default index= under [default]

haraksin
Communicator

This doesn't work if you have a different index defined under the [monitor] stanzas... so it won't be forced really

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