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docs: update getting-started-splunk-setup.md #2417
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Please check how mkdocs renders documentation: https://splunk.github.io/splunk-connect-for-syslog/2417/gettingstarted/getting-started-splunk-setup/
in this case we need a newline before the list else we get:
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I added a new line before the steps. I don't see it rendering though, am i doing it wrong?
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rendering works great now:
https://splunk.github.io/splunk-connect-for-syslog/2417/gettingstarted/getting-started-splunk-setup/
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Customers report problems to us because sometimes they don't create those indexes in Splunk, so better to say in the docs that the SC4S's default set of indexes must be created in Splunk
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that makes so much more sense!
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right, but the call for action for the reader is that they must create those indexes or they will have problems, please compare with the original document
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can we make it explicit:
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_metrics
are not events, so maybe:There was a problem hiding this comment.
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splunk docs on load balancing don't apply to this case. Can we make it more in the style of:
what we mean here is that:
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thanks! Is there another topic we should link to in case they are now to the product and need some guidance for creating this type of load balancing?
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Unfortunately there's nothing to link at this point, we don't provide any further recommendations for lbs at this point
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"In some configurations, you should ensure output balancing from SC4S to Splunk indexers. To do this, you create a load balancing mechanism between SC4S and Splunk indexers. See Set up load balancing for more information."
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@jenworthington sounds great but we cannot use this link because it's for heavy forwarders, not sc4s: