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?

Deployment server Signup and view all the answers

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

$SPLUNK_HOME/etc/apps 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?

/var/log/maillog Signup and view all the answers

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

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

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

To list all configurations on-disk along with their file paths Signup and view all the answers

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

Splunk will not reflect the changes 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?

SPLUNK_HOME/etc/deployment Signup and view all the answers

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

To create a deploymentclient.conf file Signup and view all the answers

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What capabilities does the Universal Forwarder have when sending data?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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