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 The internal Splunk authentication will take precedence over any external schemes, such as LDAP. This means that if a username exists in both $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/passwd and LDAP, the Splunk platform will attempt to log in the user using the native authentication first. If the authentication fails, and the failure is not due to a nonexistent local account, then the platform will not attempt to use LDAP to log in. If the failure is due to a nonexistent local account, then the Splunk platform will attempt a login using the LDAP authentication scheme. References:

• https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/9.1.1/Security/SetupuserauthenticationwithLDAP#Precedence_of_Splunk_authentication_schemes1
• https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/9.1.1/Security/SetupuserauthenticationwithLDAP#Precedence_of_Splunk_authentication_schemes2

 A [script://] input sends data to a Splunk forwarder using the standard output (STDOUT) and standard error (STDERR) streams of the script. A [script://] input is a type of scripted input that runs an executable script on a Splunk forwarder and indexes the data that the script outputs to STDOUT or STDERR. The script can be written in any scripting language, such as Python, Perl, or shell, and it can perform various tasks, such as querying APIs, databases, or remote data interfaces, and formatting the data for indexing. The Splunk forwarder launches the script at a specified interval and reads the data from its STDOUT or STDERR streams.

The other options are incorrect because they are not the methods that a [script://] input uses to send data to a Splunk forwarder. Option A is incorrect because UDP stream is not a method that a [script://] input uses, but rather a method that a network input uses to receive data from UDP ports. Option B is incorrect because TCP stream is not a method that a [script://] input uses, but rather a method that a network input uses to receive data from TCP ports. Option C is incorrect because temporary file is not a method that a [script://] input uses, but rather a method that a monitor input uses to read data from files or directories. References:

• Splunk Core Consultant knowledge source documents or study guide: https://www.splunk.com/en_us/resources/splunk-certification-exam-study-guide.html
• Splunk Test Blueprint Consultant: https://www.splunk.com/en_us/pdfs/training/splunk-test-blueprint-consultant.pdf
• Get data from APIs and other remote data interfaces through scripted inputs1
• Configure scripted inputs2

This is because the index time parsing occurs on the Splunk instance that performs the parsing pipeline, which is the heavy forwarder in this case. The parsing pipeline is the process of breaking the incoming data into events, extracting default fields and timestamps, and applying transforms. The heavy forwarder is a type of Splunk forwarder that can perform the parsing pipeline on the data before forwarding it to the indexer. The universal forwarder is a type of Splunk forwarder that does not perform the parsing pipeline, but only forwards the raw data to another Splunk instance. The indexer is a Splunk instance that receives the parsed data from the heavy forwarder and performs the indexing pipeline, which is the process of compressing, encrypting, and writing the data to disk. The search head is a Splunk instance that coordinates searches across multiple indexers and displays the results to the user.

The other options are incorrect because they are not the Splunk instances that perform the index time parsing in this scenario. Option A is incorrect because the indexer does not perform the index time parsing, but only receives the parsed data from the heavy forwarder. Option B is incorrect because the universal forwarder does not perform the index time parsing, but only forwards the raw data to the heavy forwarder. Option C is incorrect because the search head does not perform the index time parsing, but only coordinates searches across multiple indexers. References:

• Splunk Core Consultant knowledge source documents or study guide: https://www.splunk.com/en_us/resources/splunk-certification-exam-study-guide.html
• Splunk Test Blueprint Consultant: https://www.splunk.com/en_us/pdfs/training/splunk-test-blueprint-consultant.pdf
• How indexing works1
• About forwarding and receiving data2
• About Splunk Enterprise instances3

As a best practice, the following should be used to ingest data on clustered indexers: splunktcp, splunktcp-ssl, HTTP Event Collector (HEC). These are the methods that allow data to be sent to the indexers by forwarders or other data sources, without requiring any configuration on the indexers themselves. The indexers can receive the data on specific ports and index it according to the cluster settings. These methods also support load balancing and encryption of the data. Therefore, the correct answer is D. splunktcp, splunktcp-ssl, HTTP Event Collector (HEC). References:

• Splunk Core Certified Consultant Test Blueprint
• Splunk Documentation: Forward data to an indexer cluster
• Splunk Documentation: About forwarding and receiving data