Splunk Enterprise

How to reindex a small file?

Anantha123
Communicator

Hi All,

My file is not reindexing though I used below settings in my inputs configuration file  . File is very small (300 char) and wont change often,  want file to reindex daily .  Kindly help .

crcSalt = <SOURCE> 
initCrcLength = 256

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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

If the file doesn't change then Splunk won't re-index it.  You'll have to delete the fishbucket to force Splunk to re-index the file.

splunk cmd btprobe -d /opt/splunkforwarder/var/lib/splunk/fishbucket/splunk_private_db --file <small file> --reset
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