Splunk Forwarder Configuration
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What capabilities does the Universal Forwarder have when sending data?

  • Compressing data and obfuscating/hiding data
  • Sending alerts and compressing data
  • Obfuscating/hiding data and indexer acknowledgement
  • Compressing data and indexer acknowledgement (correct)

In case of a conflict between a whitelist and a blacklist input setting, which one is used?

  • The whitelist is used
  • The blacklist is used (correct)
  • They cancel each other out
  • The setting entered first is used

What are supported configuration methods to add inputs on a forwarder?

  • CLIB, editing inputs.conf, and using Forwarder Management (correct)
  • Editing inputs.conf and forwarder.conf
  • Editing inputs.conf only
  • Editing forwarder.conf and using Forwarder Management

Which Splunk component distributes apps and certain other configuration updates to search head cluster members?

<p>Deployment server (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Where should apps be located on the deployment server that the clients pull from?

<p>$SPLUNK_HOME/etc/apps (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

After deploying the same app with a new inputs.conf file from the deployment server, which file is now monitored?

<p>/var/log/maillog (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the output of the command splunk btool props list --debug?

<p>A list of props.conf configurations as they are on-disk along with a file path from which the configuration is located (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of the splunk btool props list --debug command?

<p>To list all configurations on-disk along with their file paths (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What happens to Splunk when you update a props.conf file while it is running?

<p>Splunk will not reflect the changes (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the default location where the deploymentclient.conf file is created when running the command splunk set deploy-poll deployServer:port?

<p>SPLUNK_HOME/etc/deployment (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of the command splunk set deploy-poll deployServer:port?

<p>To create a deploymentclient.conf file (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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