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ignore old logs control from indexer cluster

sramiz
Path Finder

Hello,

We are running 3 SH and 3 indexers cluster.  wondering how can we restrict indexers to ignore logs older than 30 days? I understand that it can be managed on UF inputs.conf by using ignoreOlderThan but is there a way to control this from indexers cluster level settings?

Note: sorry for a basic question but I am a beginner in splunking

thanks

SR

 

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scelikok
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Hi, @sramiz,

You can achieve this by index retention setting to 30 days.

[index_name]
frozenTimePeriodInSecs = 2592000

 

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sramiz
Path Finder

hi @scelikok Thanks for your reply but its not about deleting index or retention period. I want to know if there is a way for UF to ignore any logs that are older than 30 days and if this setting can in place from indexer cluster not in UF's inputs.conf.

thanks again

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