Getting Data In

Is there a way to push summary index data to more than one indexer?

lpolo
Motivator

Is there a way to include more than one indexer for scheduled searches that write to a summary index?

The scheduled search UI does not have it. I am not sure if this can be done via Splunk config stanza....

Thanks,
Lp

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woodcock
Esteemed Legend

It is a Splunk best practice to send the Summary Index data (and all other data) to the Indexer tier (by default it goes to the Search Head). You must configure outputs.conf and indexes.conf as described here:

https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.5.2/DistSearch/Forwardsearchheaddata

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Lamar
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

You may want to look here.

TLDR: You'll need to forward your data from your search head to your indexers.

https://answers.splunk.com/answers/8613/distributed-summary-indexing-from-search-head.html

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lpolo
Motivator

Thanks.
How can you assure that it will not go to the license quote?

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Lamar
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

More information here. Just make sure the search that is generating the results a summary search.

https://answers.splunk.com/answers/8015/how-does-splunk-determine-data-is-being-summarized-and-thus-...

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lpolo
Motivator

What about if I do not have a cluster. Will it still work?
Thanks.
Lp

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Lamar
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

So you have a single search head and single indexer?

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Lamar
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

And to answer that: Yes, you can.

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lpolo
Motivator

I have a search head multiple indexers.

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Lamar
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

Yep. You should be good. Again, just make sure the search you're running is a summary search.

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Lamar
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

It's summarized data. Make sure you've got a summary index created on your index cluster.

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somesoni2
Revered Legend

What do you mean by push to more than one indexer, load balance the whole data to multiple indexers (which it should be doing if your search head has appropriate outputs.conf configuration) OR replicate whole data to multiple indexers?

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