What is the primary function of a forwarder in a Splunk Cloud deployment?

To perform real-time correlation and alerting on incoming data

To provide a web interface for administrators to manage the Splunk Cloud environment

To collect data from sources and send it to indexers for processing and storage

To store indexed data and serve search requests from users

A company needs to forward logs from a Linux server to Splunk Cloud. The logs are in a file that is rotated daily. The forwarder should read the new file after rotation. What should the admin configure on the forwarder?

A monitor input for the directory containing the log files

A scripted input that reads the log file

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Describe the Role of Forwarders CLOUD-CERTIFIED-ADMIN Practice Questions (Page 4)

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Questions 16–20

16foundation · easy
Which Splunk Cloud feature is commonly used to centrally manage the configuration of many forwarders?
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17foundation · easy
What is the primary function of a forwarder in a Splunk Cloud deployment?
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18application · medium
A company needs to forward logs from a Linux server to Splunk Cloud. The logs are in a file that is rotated daily. The forwarder should read the new file after rotation. What should the admin configure on the forwarder?
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19foundation · easy
Which type of forwarder is best suited for a scenario where data must be parsed and filtered at the edge before being sent to Splunk Cloud?
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20foundation · easy
Which forwarder type is typically used to send raw data with minimal resource consumption and is the most common choice for collecting data from many servers?
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Describe the Role of Forwarders CLOUD-CERTIFIED-ADMIN Practice Questions (Page 4)

Questions 16–20

Which Splunk Cloud feature is commonly used to centrally manage the configuration of many forwarders?

What is the primary function of a forwarder in a Splunk Cloud deployment?

A company needs to forward logs from a Linux server to Splunk Cloud. The logs are in a file that is rotated daily. The forwarder should read the new file after rotation. What should the admin configure on the forwarder?

Which type of forwarder is best suited for a scenario where data must be parsed and filtered at the edge before being sent to Splunk Cloud?

Which forwarder type is typically used to send raw data with minimal resource consumption and is the most common choice for collecting data from many servers?

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