SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING DYNAMIC INDEXER DISCOVERY

摘要

The present disclosure is directed to providing dynamic indexer discovery. An index manager, which may also be known as a cluster master, is configured to track the statuses and capabilities of indexers and provide the statuses and capabilities obtained from the indexers to data collectors, such as forwarders. The data collectors may use the statuses and capabilities associated with the indexers to load balance transmission of data to the indexers. Dynamic indexer discovery may eliminate the need to manually reconfigure data collectors when the status of an indexer changes because the information may be obtained from the index manager without the need to reinitialize the data collectors.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
maintaining, by an index manager, a status indication associated with a plurality of indexers, wherein each of the plurality of indexers indexes events of raw machine-generated data received from a plurality of data collectors; receiving, by the index manager from a data collector of the plurality of data collectors, a request for the status indication associated with the plurality of indexes, wherein the index manager is in communication with one or more of data collectors; and transmitting, by the index manager, the status indication to the data collector responsive to the request.