props.conf changes require complete restart?

[FRoth]

Hi to all - short question:

Do changes to the props.conf really require a restart of splunk?
Is there a way to apply the changes without restarting?

[jbsplunk · Accepted solution]

Yes. Per the documentation:

http://www.splunk.com/base/Documentation/latest/admin/Propsconf

To use one or more of these configurations, copy the configuration block into
props.conf in $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/system/local/. You must restart Splunk to enable configurations.

[markmcd]

+1 to @Masa. This applies to props.conf changes in the user scope (e.g. etc/users/myusername/search/local/props.conf)

[Masa]

Most of the case, Yes.

However, Search time field extraction via props.conf, (and transforms.conf) does not require restarting Splunk.