Getting Data In

vip and heavy forwarder setup for HEC

antonyhan
Path Finder

Can I use the same HEC token on all HF's which are behind a VIP and set up clients to send data to VIP ip?
The purpose is to keep HF's conf the same and share the load.
Is it a good idea?

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jkat54
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Sure you can.

They might all appear to come from the same host if you don't enable SNAT (source network address translation) on the VIP.

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jkat54
SplunkTrust
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Sure you can.

They might all appear to come from the same host if you don't enable SNAT (source network address translation) on the VIP.

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antonyhan
Path Finder

thanks @jkat54

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