instance.cfg.conf
The following are the spec and example files for instance.cfg.conf
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instance.cfg.conf.spec
# Version 7.2.3 # # This file contains the set of attributes and values you can expect to find in # the SPLUNK_HOME/etc/instance.cfg file; the instance.cfg file is not to be # modified or removed by user. LEAVE THE instance.cfg FILE ALONE. # #
GLOBAL SETTINGS
# The [general] stanza defines global settings. #
[general]
guid = <GUID in all-uppercase> * This setting formerly (before 5.0) belonged in the [general] stanza of server.conf file. * Splunk expects that every Splunk instance will have a unique string for this value, independent of all other Splunk instances. By default, Splunk will arrange for this without user intervention. * Currently used by (not exhaustive): * Clustering environments, to identify participating nodes. * Splunk introspective searches (Splunk on Splunk, Deployment Monitor, etc.), to identify forwarders. * At startup, the following happens: * If server.conf has a value of 'guid' AND instance.cfg has no value of 'guid', then the value will be erased from server.conf and moved to instance.cfg file. * If server.conf has a value of 'guid' AND instance.cfg has a value of 'guid' AND these values are the same, the value is erased from server.conf file. * If server.conf has a value of 'guid' AND instance.cfg has a value of 'guid' AND these values are different, startup halts and error is shown. Operator must resolve this error. We recommend erasing the value from server.conf file, and then restarting. * If you are hitting this error while trying to mass-clone Splunk installs, please look into the command 'splunk clone-prep-clear-config'; 'splunk help' has help. * See http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4122.txt for how a GUID (a.k.a. UUID) is constructed. * The standard regexp to match an all-uppercase GUID is "[0-9A-F]{8}-[0-9A-F]{4}-[0-9A-F]{4}-[0-9A-F]{4}-[0-9A-F]{12}".
instance.cfg.conf.example
# Version 7.2.3 # # This file contains an example SPLUNK_HOME/etc/instance.cfg file; the # instance.cfg file is not to be modified or removed by user. LEAVE THE # instance.cfg FILE ALONE. # [general] guid = B58A86D9-DF3D-4BF8-A426-DB85C231B699
inputs.conf | limits.conf |
This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk® Enterprise: 7.2.3
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