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Dears,

May I know if there is any option to reload an inputs configuration file change without a restart?

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Any change on configuration files that affects indexing or indexing time operations requires restart of the instance.

https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/7.1.2/Admin/Configurationfilechangesthatrequirerestart

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Solution

Any change on configuration files that affects indexing or indexing time operations requires restart of the instance.

https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/7.1.2/Admin/Configurationfilechangesthatrequirerestart

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