I'm trying to figure out how to configure the forwarders to auto load balance.
I saw this: http://www.splunk.com/base/Documentation/4.1.2/Admin/Outputsconf
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----Automatic Load-balancing of forwarders
autoLB = true | false
* If set to true, forwarder switches to automatic load balancing mode. In this mode, the
* forwarder selects a new indexer every autoLBFrequency randomly. If connection to indexer
* is lost at any point, it selects a new live indexer and forwards data to it.
* If this flag is not present, forwarder uses load balancing with round robin strategy.
* Defaults to false.
autoLBFrequency = <seconds>
* This is used in automatic load balancing mode. Every autoLBFrequency a new indexer is
* selected randomly from list of indexers provided in server parameter
* Defaults to 30 seconds.
This is the only mention I can find about configuring / enabling auto load balancing on the forwarders. So, is the only config change needed to adjust outputs.conf and restart?
Thanks!
Mike
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