Splunk Enterprise Certified Admin Practice Test

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What is the best practice location to add a parsing configuration on an indexer?

  1. SPLUNK_HOME/etc/system/local

  2. SPLUNK_HOME/etc/apps/local

  3. SPLUNK_HOME/etc/shared/local

  4. SPLUNK_HOME/etc/custom/local

The correct answer is: SPLUNK_HOME/etc/apps/local

The best practice location to add a parsing configuration on an indexer is in SPLUNK_HOME/etc/apps/local. This directory is specifically designed for app configurations, allowing for better organization, modularity, and reusability of configurations. By placing your parsing settings in this location, the configurations are associated with specific apps, which helps in maintaining a clear structure within the Splunk environment. A key advantage of using this location is that it provides a means to isolate configurations related to individual apps. This modular approach not only simplifies the management of settings as you can enable or disable apps without impacting other configurations but also makes the deployment and sharing of apps across multiple instances more efficient. In contrast, placing configurations in the SPLUNK_HOME/etc/system/local directory is intended for system-wide settings and is less modular, which can lead to complexity when managing configurations as the system scales. The other options, such as SPLUNK_HOME/etc/shared/local and SPLUNK_HOME/etc/custom/local, do not exist in the standard Splunk directory structure. Thus, incorporating parsing configurations within the app context at SPLUNK_HOME/etc/apps/local adheres to best practices for configuration management in Splunk.