Hi,
we have an application that insists on writing relevant log information to an MS SQL DB instead of decent files.
This of course means I need DB Connect to read the logs. I am not interested in direct lookup from the search head.
So how do I set up the Heavy Forwarders in our environment?
I have two Indexers, a search head and a deployment server.
I definitely do not want additional hardware or VMs.
My plan is to install the HF and DB Connect on the application server just like I would install a UF.
And then have it connect to the applications DB System via JDBC. The Heavy forwarder should of course also forward the local logs from the application server and not just the log extracted from the DB. The application server has some extra capacity to handle the load.
I would prefer to manage the HF just like a UF via deployed configurations without any GUI active on the HF and no local configuration apart from the initial install of HF and DB connect and the setup of the deployment client configuration.
Is this possible or do I absolutely need the GUI on the HF to set up the DB Connect or other things?
Can a configuration for the DB connect be pushed via some other deployment app (as the DB Connect itself is not deployable)?
thx
afx
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