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Logs Stopped Forwarding to Index

heats
Explorer

Everytime I think I have Splunk figured out - I don't.

Logs stopped forwarding from my server to a specific index. I can see that logs are still forwarding probably to the default group but as you can see from my inputs.conf file it SHOULD be going to jim_test. I can confirm this is in the system/local so the precedence should be ok. Most of what I'm seeing in splunkd.log on the forwarder are successful calls "home".

[default]
host = ctl-ansible0104
queueSize = 10MB
sslVersions = tls

[monitor:///var/log/messages]
disabled = false
index = jim_test
sourcetype = linux_messages_syslog

Not sure what other things I should be troubleshooting.

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inventsekar
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

after adding /var/log/messages, did you restart the Splunk on UF?

the /var/log/messages file gets forwarded to wrong index or not getting forwarding at all?
are other log files are getting to splunk indexer properly?

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inventsekar
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

after adding /var/log/messages, did you restart the Splunk on UF?

the /var/log/messages file gets forwarded to wrong index or not getting forwarding at all?
are other log files are getting to splunk indexer properly?

heats
Explorer

Of course now it's working. Maybe I had my search syntax wrong 😞
I'm going to accept your answer since you took the time to reply to me.

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