Splunk® Enterprise

Admin Manual

Splunk Enterprise version 9.0 will no longer be supported as of June 14, 2024. See the Splunk Software Support Policy for details. For information about upgrading to a supported version, see How to upgrade Splunk Enterprise.

Back up configuration information

All Splunk's configuration information is contained in configuration files. To back up the set of configuration files, make an archive or copy of $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/. This directory, along with its subdirectories, contains all the default and custom settings for your Splunk install, and all apps, including saved searches, user accounts, tags, custom source type names, and other configuration information.

Copy this directory to a new Splunk instance to restore. You don't have to stop Splunk to do this.

For more information about configuration files, read "About configuration files".

Back up the cluster manager node

If you're using index replication, you can back up the manager node's static configuration. This is of particular use when configuring a stand-by manager that can take over if the primary manager fails. For details, see "Configure the manager" in the Managing Indexers and Clusters manual.

Last modified on 14 October, 2020
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This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk® Enterprise: 8.1.0, 8.1.1, 8.1.2, 8.1.3, 8.1.4, 8.1.5, 8.1.6, 8.1.7, 8.1.8, 8.1.9, 8.1.10, 8.1.11, 8.1.12, 8.1.13, 8.1.14, 8.2.0, 8.2.1, 8.2.2, 8.2.3, 8.2.4, 8.2.5, 8.2.6, 8.2.7, 8.2.8, 8.2.9, 8.2.10, 8.2.11, 8.2.12, 9.0.0, 9.0.1, 9.0.2, 9.0.3, 9.0.4, 9.0.5, 9.0.6, 9.0.7, 9.0.8, 9.0.9, 9.0.10, 9.1.0, 9.1.1, 9.1.2, 9.1.3, 9.1.4, 9.1.5, 9.1.6, 9.2.0, 9.2.1, 9.2.2, 9.2.3, 9.3.0, 9.3.1


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