Splunk SPLK-4001 Exam - Topic 1 Question 55 Discussion

Actual exam question for Splunk's SPLK-4001 exam

Question #: 55
Topic #: 1

In the Splunk distribution of the OpenTelemetry Collector, what is the difference between the agent_config.yaml and the splunk-otel-collector.conf files?

Asplunk-otel-collector.conf defines the OpenTelemetry pipeline, and agent_config.yaml sets endpoint URLs and access tokens.

Bsplunk-otel-collector.conf configures processors and agent_config.yaml sets the memory limits for the collector.

Cagent_config.yaml configures the gateway's address and splunk-otel-collector.conf sets the memory limits for the collector.

Dagent_config.yaml defines the OpenTelemetry pipeline, and splunk-otel-collector.conf sets endpoint URLs and access tokens.

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by Suzan at Apr 08, 2026, 09:42 AM

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King

2 days ago

I remember practicing a question where we had to identify configuration files, and I think agent_config.yaml is related to endpoints and tokens.

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Justine

7 days ago

I think the splunk-otel-collector.conf is more about defining the pipeline, but I'm not entirely sure what agent_config.yaml does.

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