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Decoding Indexes.conf
Indexes.conf configuration file is used to manage and configure splunk index settings. Use the [default] stanza to define any global settings and [<index>] stanza to define index level settings. If a setting is defined at both the global level and in a specific stanza, the value in the specific stanza takes precedence.
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Below is the list of all available settings in indexes.conf categorized into settings type such as path, size, time, count, boolean and value.
Global Settings :
Path  tsidxStatsHomePath | Size  rtRouterQueueSize  bucketRebuildMemoryHint  memPoolMB | Time  serviceInactiveIndexesPeriod  serviceSubtaskTimingPeriod  processTrackerServiceInterval  hotBucketTimeRefreshInterval |
Count  indexThreads  selfStorageThreads  maxRunningProcessGroups  maxRunningProcessGroupsLowPriority  sync | Boolean  rtRouterThreads  assureUTF8  enableRealtimeSearch  inPlaceUpdates | Value  defaultDatabase  lastChanceIndex  suppressBannerList |
Per Index Settings:
Path  bloomHomePath  summaryHomePath  tstatsHomePath  remotePath Size  maxTotalDataSizeMB  maxGlobalDataSizeMB  rawChunkSizeBytes  maxMemMB  minStreamGroupQueueSize Boolean  disabled  deleted  isReadOnly  createBloomfilter  enableOnlineBucketRepair  enableDataIntegrityControl  syncMeta  enableTsidxReduction  suspendHotRollByDeleteQuery  tsidxWritingLevel | Time  maxBloomBackfillBucketAge  hotlist_recency_secs  hotlist_bloom_filter_recency_hours  rotatePeriodInSecs  minRawFileSyncSecs  quarantinePastSecs  quarantineFutureSecs  serviceMetaPeriod  partialServiceMetaPeriod  throttleCheckPeriod  maxTimeUnreplicatedWithAcks  maxTimeUnreplicatedNoAcks  streamingTargetTsidxSyncPeriodMsec  tsidxReductionCheckPeriodInSec  timePeriodInSecBeforeTsidxReduction Count  maxMetaEntries  maxConcurrentOptimizes Value  splitByIndexKeys  journalCompression |