Splunk® Enterprise

Managing Indexers and Clusters of Indexers

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Convert a multisite indexer cluster to single-site

You can convert a multisite indexer cluster to a basic, single-site cluster. When you do so, all peers and search heads become part of the implicit single site.

1. Stop all cluster nodes (master/peers/search heads).

2. On the master, edit server.conf:

a. Set multisite to false.
b. Set the single-site replication_factor and search_factor attributes to implement the desired replication behavior.
c. Remove the site attribute.

3. On each search head, edit server.conf:

a. Set multisite to false.
b. Remove the site attribute.

4. On each peer, edit server.conf:

a. Remove the site attribute.

5. Start the master node.

6. Start the peer nodes and search heads.

Note the following:

  • The master ignores any multisite attributes remaining in server.conf (site_replication_factor and so on).
  • Upon restart, the master picks a primary copy for each bucket.
  • After the conversion, any bucket copies that exceed the single-site replication factor remain in place. For information on removing these extra copies, see Remove excess bucket copies.
  • Future bucket replication and bucket fixing will follow the values set for the single-site replication and search factors.

For information on how to convert a single-site cluster to multisite, see Migrate an indexer cluster from single-site to multisite.

Last modified on 05 October, 2020
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This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk® Enterprise: 6.3.2, 6.3.3, 6.3.4, 6.3.5, 6.3.6, 6.3.7, 6.3.8, 6.3.9, 6.3.10, 6.3.11, 6.3.12, 6.3.13, 6.3.14, 6.4.0, 6.4.1, 6.4.2, 6.4.3, 6.4.4, 6.4.5, 6.4.6, 6.4.7, 6.4.8, 6.4.9, 6.4.10, 6.4.11, 6.5.0, 6.5.1, 6.5.2, 6.5.3, 6.5.4, 6.5.5, 6.5.6, 6.5.7, 6.5.8, 6.5.9, 6.5.10, 6.6.0, 6.6.1, 6.6.2, 6.6.3, 6.6.4, 6.6.5, 6.6.6, 6.6.7, 6.6.8, 6.6.9, 6.6.10, 6.6.11, 6.6.12, 7.0.0, 7.0.1, 7.0.2, 7.0.3, 7.0.4, 7.0.5, 7.0.6, 7.0.7, 7.0.8, 7.0.9, 7.0.10, 7.0.11, 7.0.13, 7.1.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 7.1.3, 7.1.4, 7.1.5, 7.1.6, 7.1.7, 7.1.8, 7.1.9, 7.1.10, 7.2.0, 7.2.1, 7.2.2, 7.2.3, 7.2.4, 7.2.5, 7.2.6, 7.2.7, 7.2.8, 7.2.9, 7.2.10, 7.3.0, 7.3.1, 7.3.2, 7.3.3, 7.3.4, 7.3.5, 7.3.6, 7.3.7, 7.3.8, 8.0.0, 8.0.1, 8.0.2, 8.0.3, 8.0.4, 8.0.5, 8.0.6, 8.0.7, 8.0.8

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