Deployment Architecture

splunk forwarders backward compatible 4.2.3

Gvenugopal2711
New Member

Hi

recently i have upgraded splunk indexers from 4.2.3 to 5.0.6. splunk forwarders were still running on 4.2.3(i know forwarders still support 5.0.6 backword compatible).

but how long we run this forwarders on older version.

Thanks
GV

Tags (2)
0 Karma

MikeBertelsen
Communicator

I had 4.1.8 forwarders running for months against my 6.1.2 indexers without issue. But when I submitted an issue with a 4.n forwarder, Support wouldn't help because of the 4.n version. So I did the upgrade in three steps. 4.2, 5.0, 6.1.2. It was so easy I linked the 3 individual scripts so that one would call the other. The remaining servers were upgraded in minutes. Why wait?

Get Updates on the Splunk Community!

What's new in Splunk Cloud Platform 9.1.2312?

Hi Splunky people! We are excited to share the newest updates in Splunk Cloud Platform 9.1.2312! Analysts can ...

What’s New in Splunk Security Essentials 3.8.0?

Splunk Security Essentials (SSE) is an app that can amplify the power of your existing Splunk Cloud Platform, ...

Let’s Get You Certified – Vegas-Style at .conf24

Are you ready to level up your Splunk game? Then, let’s get you certified live at .conf24 – our annual user ...