Which setting allows the configuration of Splunk to allow events to span over more than one line?
Which setting allows the configuration of Splunk to allow events to span over more than one line?
The setting that allows the configuration of Splunk to allow events to span over more than one line is SHOULD_LINEMERGE = true. SHOULD_LINEMERGE, when set to true, instructs Splunk to merge multiple lines of input data into a single event if they belong to the same event. This ensures that data spanning multiple lines is interpreted as a single event in Splunk, rather than being split into separate events.
Line merging, which uses the SHOULD_LINEMERGE setting to merge previously separated lines into events. By default, the Splunk platform performs line merging, and the value for SHOULD_LINEMERGE is true. You don't normally need to adjust this setting, but in cases where it is necessary, you must configure this setting in the props.conf configuration file on the forwarder that sends the data to Splunk Cloud Platform. If you configure the Splunk platform to not perform line merging by setting the SHOULD_LINEMERGE attribute to false, then the platform splits the incoming data into lines according to what the LINE_BREAKER setting determines.
shouldn't the answer be D (SHOULD_LINEMERGE=false) then?
Nope, if you look at the question it should merge two lines so option A is correct
D - Question states over multiple lines. SHOULD_LINEMERGE = [true|false] When set to true, the Splunk platform combines several input lines into a single event,
It should combine multiple lines as one so option A si correct
I would say it's D. Because the question indicates that the events should span over multiple lines, so line merging should be turned off.