diff --git a/docs/gettingstarted/docker-swarm-general.md b/docs/gettingstarted/docker-swarm-general.md
index 91d56e7..cbc5558 100644
--- a/docs/gettingstarted/docker-swarm-general.md
+++ b/docs/gettingstarted/docker-swarm-general.md
@@ -18,18 +18,18 @@ services:
        - target: 514
          published: 514
          protocol: tcp
-#Comment the following line out if using docker-compose
+# Comment the following line out if using docker-compose
          mode: host
        - target: 514
          published: 514
          protocol: udp
-#Comment the following line out if using docker-compose         
+# Comment the following line out if using docker-compose         
          mode: host
     env_file:
       - /opt/sc4s/env_file
     volumes:
       - /opt/sc4s/local:/opt/syslog-ng/etc/conf.d/local
-#Uncomment the following line if custom TLS certs are provided
+# Uncomment the following line if custom TLS certs are provided
 #     - /opt/sc4s/tls:/opt/syslog-ng/tls
 ```
 
diff --git a/docs/gettingstarted/docker-swarm-rhel7.md b/docs/gettingstarted/docker-swarm-rhel7.md
index a9527b8..87106c8 100644
--- a/docs/gettingstarted/docker-swarm-rhel7.md
+++ b/docs/gettingstarted/docker-swarm-rhel7.md
@@ -46,20 +46,18 @@ services:
        - target: 514
          published: 514
          protocol: tcp
-#Comment the following line out if using docker-compose
+# Comment the following line out if using docker-compose
          mode: host
        - target: 514
          published: 514
          protocol: udp
-#Comment the following line out if using docker-compose         
+# Comment the following line out if using docker-compose         
          mode: host
     env_file:
       - /opt/sc4s/env_file
     volumes:
-      - /opt/sc4s/default/splunk_index.csv:/opt/syslog-ng/etc/context-local/splunk_index.csv
-      - /opt/sc4s/default/vendor_product_by_source.csv:/opt/syslog-ng/etc/context-local/vendor_product_by_source.csv
-      - /opt/sc4s/default/vendor_product_by_source.conf:/opt/syslog-ng/etc/context-local/vendor_product_by_source.conf
-#Uncomment the following line if custom TLS certs are provided
+      - /opt/sc4s/local:/opt/syslog-ng/etc/conf.d/local
+# Uncomment the following line if custom TLS certs are provided
       - /opt/sc4s/tls:/opt/syslog-ng/tls
 ```
 
diff --git a/docs/gettingstarted/docker-systemd-general.md b/docs/gettingstarted/docker-systemd-general.md
index 05cdf59..a7931ed 100644
--- a/docs/gettingstarted/docker-systemd-general.md
+++ b/docs/gettingstarted/docker-systemd-general.md
@@ -16,15 +16,12 @@ Requires=network.service
 [Service]
 Environment="SC4S_IMAGE=splunk/sc4s:latest"
 
-#Note Uncomment the following line to use custom index names AND download the splunk_index.csv file template per getting started
-Environment="SC4S_UNIT_SPLUNK_INDEX=-v /opt/sc4s/default/splunk_index.csv:/opt/syslog-ng/etc/context-local/splunk_index.csv"
+# Optional mount point for local overrides and configurations; see notes in docs
 
-#Note Uncomment the following two lines for host and ip based source type mapping AND download the two file templates per getting started
-Environment="SC4S_UNIT_VP_CSV=-v /opt/sc4s/default/vendor_product_by_source.csv:/opt/syslog-ng/etc/context-local/vendor_product_by_source.csv"
-Environment="SC4S_UNIT_VP_CONF=-v /opt/sc4s/default/vendor_product_by_source.conf:/opt/syslog-ng/etc/context-local/vendor_product_by_source.conf"
+Environment="SC4S_LOCAL_CONFIG_MOUNT=-v /opt/sc4s/local:/opt/syslog-ng/etc/conf.d/local"
 
-#Uncomment the following line if custom TLS certs are provided
-#Environment="SC4S_TLS_DIR=-v /opt/sc4s/tls:/opt/syslog-ng/tls"
+# Uncomment the following line if custom TLS certs are provided
+# Environment="SC4S_TLS_DIR=-v /opt/sc4s/tls:/opt/syslog-ng/tls"
 
 TimeoutStartSec=0
 Restart=always
@@ -32,12 +29,12 @@ Restart=always
 ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/docker pull $SC4S_IMAGE
 ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/docker run \
         --env-file=/opt/sc4s/default/env_file \
-        "$SC4S_UNIT_SPLUNK_INDEX" "$SC4S_UNIT_VP_CSV" "$SC4S_UNIT_VP_CONF" "$SC4S_TLS_DIR" \
+        "$SC4S_LOCAL_CONFIG_MOUNT" \
         --name SC4S_preflight --rm \
         $SC4S_IMAGE -s
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/docker run -p 514:514 -p 514:514/udp \
         --env-file=/opt/sc4s/default/env_file \
-        "$SC4S_UNIT_SPLUNK_INDEX"  "$SC4S_UNIT_VP_CSV" "$SC4S_UNIT_VP_CONF" "$SC4S_TLS_DIR" \
+        "$SC4S_LOCAL_CONFIG_MOUNT" \
         --name SC4S --rm \
 $SC4S_IMAGE
 ```
diff --git a/docs/gettingstarted/podman-systemd-general.md b/docs/gettingstarted/podman-systemd-general.md
index 2eff77c..2ce8a2b 100644
--- a/docs/gettingstarted/podman-systemd-general.md
+++ b/docs/gettingstarted/podman-systemd-general.md
@@ -16,15 +16,12 @@ Requires=network.service
 [Service]
 Environment="SC4S_IMAGE=splunk/scs:latest"
 
-#Note Uncomment the following line to use custom index names AND download the splunk_index.csv file template per getting started
-Environment="SC4S_UNIT_SPLUNK_INDEX=-v /opt/sc4s/default/splunk_index.csv:/opt/syslog-ng/etc/context-local/splunk_index.csv"
+# Optional mount point for local overrides and configurations; see notes in docs
 
-#Note Uncomment the following two lines for host and ip based source type mapping AND download the two file templates per getting started
-Environment="SC4S_UNIT_VP_CSV=-v /opt/sc4s/default/vendor_product_by_source.csv:/opt/syslog-ng/etc/context-local/vendor_product_by_source.csv"
-Environment="SC4S_UNIT_VP_CONF=-v /opt/sc4s/default/vendor_product_by_source.conf:/opt/syslog-ng/etc/context-local/vendor_product_by_source.conf"
+Environment="SC4S_LOCAL_CONFIG_MOUNT=-v /opt/sc4s/local:/opt/syslog-ng/etc/conf.d/local"
 
-#Uncomment the following line if custom TLS certs are provided
-#Environment="SC4S_TLS_DIR=-v /opt/sc4s/tls:/opt/syslog-ng/tls"
+# Uncomment the following line if custom TLS certs are provided
+# Environment="SC4S_TLS_DIR=-v /opt/sc4s/tls:/opt/syslog-ng/tls"
 
 TimeoutStartSec=0
 Restart=always
@@ -32,12 +29,12 @@ Restart=always
 ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/podman pull $SC4S_IMAGE
 ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/podman run \
         --env-file=/opt/sc4s/default/env_file \
-        "$SC4S_UNIT_SPLUNK_INDEX" "$SC4S_UNIT_VP_CSV" "$SC4S_UNIT_VP_CONF" "$SC4S_TLS_DIR" \
+        "$SC4S_LOCAL_CONFIG_MOUNT" \
         --name SC4S_preflight --rm \
         $SC4S_IMAGE -s
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/podman run -p 514:514 -p 514:514/udp \
         --env-file=/opt/sc4s/default/env_file \
-        "$SC4S_UNIT_SPLUNK_INDEX"  "$SC4S_UNIT_VP_CSV" "$SC4S_UNIT_VP_CONF" "$SC4S_TLS_DIR" \
+        "$SC4S_LOCAL_CONFIG_MOUNT" \
         --name SC4S --rm \
 $SC4S_IMAGE
 ```
diff --git a/package/etc/conf.d/destinations/splunk_hec.conf.tmpl b/package/etc/conf.d/destinations/splunk_hec.conf.tmpl
index 3263f66..6a31372 100644
--- a/package/etc/conf.d/destinations/splunk_hec.conf.tmpl
+++ b/package/etc/conf.d/destinations/splunk_hec.conf.tmpl
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ destination d_hec {
          user("sc4s")
          headers("{{- getenv "SC4S_DEST_SPLUNK_DEST_SPLUNK_HEC_HEADERS" "Connection: close"}}")
          password("{{- getenv "SPLUNK_HEC_TOKEN"}}")
-
-         {{- if eq (getenv "SC4S_DEST_SPLUNK_HEC_DISKBUFF_ENABLE" "yes") "yes"}}
          persist-name("splunk_hec")
+         {{- if eq (getenv "SC4S_DEST_SPLUNK_HEC_DISKBUFF_ENABLE" "yes") "yes"}}
+
          disk-buffer(
 
             {{- if eq (getenv "SC4S_DEST_SPLUNK_HEC_DISKBUFF_RELIABLE" "no") "yes"}}
diff --git a/package/etc/conf.d/destinations/splunk_hec_internal.conf.tmpl b/package/etc/conf.d/destinations/splunk_hec_internal.conf.tmpl
index 7f7c330..875d3fb 100644
--- a/package/etc/conf.d/destinations/splunk_hec_internal.conf.tmpl
+++ b/package/etc/conf.d/destinations/splunk_hec_internal.conf.tmpl
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ destination d_hec_internal {
          url("{{- getenv "SPLUNK_HEC_URL"}}")
          method("POST")
          log-fifo-size({{- getenv "SC4S_DEST_SPLUNK_HEC_LOG_FIFO_SIZE" "180000000"}})
-         workers(1)
+         workers(10)
          batch-lines({{- getenv "SC4S_DEST_SPLUNK_HEC_BATCH_LINES" "1000"}})
          batch-bytes({{- getenv "SC4S_DEST_SPLUNK_HEC_BATCH_BYTES" "4096kb"}})
          batch-timeout({{- getenv "SC4S_DEST_SPLUNK_HEC_BATCH_TIMEOUT" "1"}})
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ destination d_hec_internal {
          user("sc4s")
          headers("{{- getenv "SC4S_DEST_SPLUNK_DEST_SPLUNK_HEC_HEADERS" "Connection: close"}}")
          password("{{- getenv "SPLUNK_HEC_TOKEN"}}")
-
+         persist-name("splunk_hec_internal")
 
          tls(peer-verify({{- getenv "SC4S_DEST_SPLUNK_HEC_TLS_VERIFY" "yes"}})
          {{- if ne (getenv "SC4S_DEST_SPLUNK_HEC_CIPHER_SUITE") ""}}
diff --git a/package/etc/conf.d/destinations/splunk_hec_metrics.conf.tmpl b/package/etc/conf.d/destinations/splunk_hec_metrics.conf.tmpl
index 35484f9..a473a04 100644
--- a/package/etc/conf.d/destinations/splunk_hec_metrics.conf.tmpl
+++ b/package/etc/conf.d/destinations/splunk_hec_metrics.conf.tmpl
@@ -5,12 +5,13 @@ destination d_hecmetrics {
          batch-lines(50)
          batch-bytes(1024Kb)
          batch-timeout(1)
+         workers(10)
          timeout(15)
          user_agent("sc4s/1.0 (internal metrics)")
          user("sc4s")
          headers("{{- getenv "SC4S_DEST_SPLUNK_HEC_HEADERS" "Connection: close"}}")
          password("{{- getenv "SPLUNK_HEC_TOKEN"}}")
-         persist-name("splunk_metrics")
+         persist-name("splunk_hec_metrics")
 
          tls(peer-verify({{- getenv "SC4S_DEST_SPLUNK_HEC_TLS_VERIFY" "yes"}})
          {{- if ne (getenv "SC4S_DEST_SPLUNK_HEC_CIPHER_SUITE") ""}}