To reboot or not to reboot?

You have patches to apply, we all know that if there are kernel patches that you need to (or at least should) restart/reboot the server.  But what about other packages?  There are a few non-kernel patches which can cause havoc if you spply them and do not reboot the server.  The biggest package that most […]

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Splunk Installation

Fairly short and sweet to get the agent installed; details are below. 1)      Install the appropriate package from a designated and trusted source: 2)     The default installation path, ${INSTALL_PATH} = /opt/splunkforwarder 3)      Next, create a file with the path /opt/splunkforwarder/etc/system/local/deploymentclient.conf with the contents: [deployment-client] [target-broker:deploymentServer] targetUri = splunkdeploy.uits.uconn.edu:8089 4)      Run the following (supplying your own […]

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