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Modify log.cfg via rest

tlmayes
Contributor

Is it possible to modify log.cfg via REST? We have several thousand UF's where we need to modify this config file.

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hardikJsheth
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Are you using deployment server for managing your Universal Forwarders?

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tlmayes
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Yes, but the requirement here is to use REST. A onetime "permanent" change without adding to the very long list of "apps" to maintain. Unless I am mistaken, once we make the change via a Deployment Svr app, we can never remove the app since that would also remove the change.

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