How to use SPL to count the number of clients of a deployment server?

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We know we can see the number of clients on the Forwarder Management page of the deployment server, but I want to show it on the dashboard, Can I use SPL to count the number of clients on the deployment server? By the way, my splunk architecture is search header cluster + index cluster.

[adonio · Accepted solution]

hello there,

many answers in this forim, here are couple that uses | rest or regular search, pick your favorite:
https://answers.splunk.com/answers/483765/query-to-find-new-deployment-clients-that-started.html
https://answers.splunk.com/answers/566518/how-to-get-the-list-of-deployment-client.html
https://answers.splunk.com/answers/328955/rest-search-for-deployment-client-forwarder-manage.html
https://answers.splunk.com/answers/296050/how-to-check-which-deployment-clients-are-in-deplo.html
https://answers.splunk.com/answers/134552/create-report-listing-all-clients.html

hope it helps