Where should the tags.conf file be located?

[muebel]

I am beginning to work with tags and am having partial success. I have a tags.conf file that I dropped into the local directory of a new app I created. I then restarted and started to try to search based on the tagging configuration. I could not find anything.

After reading some documentation, I was led to believe that the tags.conf file should be in the system configuration, so I dropped it in the local directory there. Sure enough, I was able to search and find events based on the tags configured. However, when I load up a dashboard in the app I created, I am unable to find any events based on the tagging configuration.

Why isn't the tags configuration extending to all apps? Is the only proper location for it $splunkhome/etc/system?

[Lowell]

FYI. The format of tags.conf changes between 4.0 and 4.1. Just something to keep in mind. Splunk upgrades these automatically, but if your in an application deployment situation this can still cause some pain.

[the_wolverine · Accepted solution]

If you want to package the tags with your app and also want to make them available to the entire system, you'll need to configure the following in your appname/metadata/default.meta file:

[tags]
export = system

[chris]

Thank you that helped, and I found the answer sooner than I expected