On Linux, I prevented remote access to this port using iptables: # /sbin/iptables -A INPUT -s 127.0.0.1/32 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 8191 -j ACCEPT # /sbin/iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 8191 -j DROP # /sbin/service iptables save The first line allows local access to the port, the second line denies all other access. ... View more

Forwarders are supposed to hold data while the indexer restarts and resume sending once the indexer is available again. How long was the indexer down? How much data is the forwarder trying to send during the outage? Are there any error messages in the forwarder's splunkd.log file? ... View more

which props.conf shall I take, there are many. ... View more