What is the recommended practice before editing a configuration file in Splunk?

Delete the file and recreate it

Edit the file in the default directory

Change the file extension to .bak

Make a backup of the original file

An admin has a setting defined in etc/system/local/inputs.conf and the same setting in etc/apps/app1/local/inputs.conf. The admin wants to know which value will be used. Which statement is true?

The system-level setting takes precedence over the app-level setting

The settings are merged and both are used

The setting is ignored due to conflict

The app-level setting takes precedence over the system-level setting

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21foundation · easy
What is the recommended practice before editing a configuration file in Splunk?
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22application · medium
An admin has a setting defined in etc/system/local/inputs.conf and the same setting in etc/apps/app1/local/inputs.conf. The admin wants to know which value will be used. Which statement is true?
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23expert · hard
An admin is creating a new app that will include a custom search command. The admin needs to define the command's syntax and arguments. Which configuration file should the admin create?
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What is the recommended practice before editing a configuration file in Splunk?

An admin has a setting defined in etc/system/local/inputs.conf and the same setting in etc/apps/app1/local/inputs.conf. The admin wants to know which value will be used. Which statement is true?

An admin is creating a new app that will include a custom search command. The admin needs to define the command's syntax and arguments. Which configuration file should the admin create?

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