@risgupta, thank you for your answer.
I’ve played with many possible options in inputs.conf/outputs.conf:
1) Set indexAndForward to true/false in outputs app folder and cef app folder
2) Made adjustments to cef index configuration
3) Moved /bin folder from apps/splunk_app_cef to apps/Splunk_TA_cefout
Unfortunately, I was not able to make it work.
From what I can see in the logs there is some activity going on, for example:
Splunkd.log
01-22-2018 09:12:38.784 +0900 INFO TailReader - Batch input finished reading file='/opt/splunk/var/spool/splunk/1516579955_57250.stash_cef_Production_RSyslog'
01-22-2018 09:12:39.820 +0900 INFO TailReader - Batch input finished reading file='/opt/splunk/var/spool/splunk/1516579956_35645.stash_cef_Production_RSyslog'
01-22-2018 09:12:40.835 +0900 INFO TailReader - Batch input finished reading file='/opt/splunk/var/spool/splunk/1516579957_75123.stash_cef_Production_RSyslog'
CEF Index also valid and exists according to what I see during splunk initialization process:
Checking indexes...
Validated: _audit _internal _introspection _telemetry _thefishbucket **cef* cim_summary firedalerts history idx_common_6y idx_ss main os perfmon summary unix_summary windows wineventlog
Done*
However, when I search for index=cef, or sourcetype=stash_cef, it still returns absolutely nothing.
I believe this is the reason for events not being sent: there's nothing to send basically.
However, when I configure CEF App and click on "Show preview of CEF events", it shows correct results and events do exist.
Was anybody able to configure search head as a forwarder?
... View more