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Exclude specific Splunk servers from distributed searches

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Exclude specific Splunk servers from distributed searches

To exclude certain Splunk servers from distributed searches (also referred to as blacklisting), add a comma-delimited list of servers to distsearch.conf. Add IP addresses or fully-qualified domain names in your stanza: 

blacklistNames = the-others,them
blacklistURLs = 192.168.1.3:8059,192.168.1.4:8059

blacklistNames

blacklistURLs

Retrieved from "http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/3.4.9/Admin/ExcludeSpecificSplunkServersFromDistributedSearches"

This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk: 3.3 , 3.3.1 , 3.3.2 , 3.3.3 , 3.3.4 , 3.4 , 3.4.1 , 3.4.2 , 3.4.3 , 3.4.5 , 3.4.6 , 3.4.8 , 3.4.9 , 3.4.10 , 3.4.11 , 3.4.12 , 3.4.13 , 3.4.14 View the Article History for its revisions.


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