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What search query can I use on my search head to list all forwarder hosts and their associated Splunk forwarder versions?

locose
Path Finder

Greetings

Is there a query that I can use on my search head to list all my forwarder hosts and their associated splunk forwarder versions

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martin_mueller
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

This is part of what the SoS app uses to update its forwarders lookup file:

  index=_internal source=*metrics.log* group=tcpin_connections | regex hostname!="\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}" | eval sos_server=hostname | stats latest(build) AS build latest(arch) AS cpu_arch latest(fwdType) AS forwarder_type latest(os) AS os_name latest(version) AS version by sos_server

https://apps.splunk.com/app/748/

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rameshyedurla
Explorer

I think this is what you are looking for:

index=_internal sourcetype=splunkd destPort!="-"| stats sparkline count by hostname, sourceHost, host, destPort, version | rename destPort as "Destination Port" | rename host as "Indexer" | rename sourceHost as "Forwarder IP" | rename version as "Splunk Forwarder Version" | rename hostname as "Forwarder Host Name" | rename sparkline as "Traffic Frequency" | sort - count

skoelpin
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

I used your solution to solve my question here.. Thanks for posting this!

https://answers.splunk.com/answers/379013/alert-if-a-forwarder-service-stops.html

jeremiahc4
Builder

If you can't do SoS, then here's a simple search against the _internal index that works for me;

index=_internal sourcetype=splunkd version source=*metrics.log | table hostname os version build

martin_mueller
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

This is part of what the SoS app uses to update its forwarders lookup file:

  index=_internal source=*metrics.log* group=tcpin_connections | regex hostname!="\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}" | eval sos_server=hostname | stats latest(build) AS build latest(arch) AS cpu_arch latest(fwdType) AS forwarder_type latest(os) AS os_name latest(version) AS version by sos_server

https://apps.splunk.com/app/748/

locose
Path Finder

Many thanks. That worked

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