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Can I reconfigure Splunk forwarders on Windows to point to a new indexer without reinstalling?

cdyates
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I want to point my windows forwarders to a new indexer. Do I have to reinstall to do that or can the redirect be done another way?

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nk-1
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Change the indexer specified in C:\Program Files\SplunkUniversalForwarder\etc\system\local\outputs.conf

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nk-1
Path Finder

Change the indexer specified in C:\Program Files\SplunkUniversalForwarder\etc\system\local\outputs.conf

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