Configure the Universal Forwarder to connect to the deployment server and retrieve configuration.Install the Universal Forwarder mechanism via whatever package/method you typically use for deploying packages on your Linux hosts.Follow the Splunk Documentation for deploying a Linux Universal Forwarder.If you are in a hurry and want to skip the detailed steps below, here’s what you’ll want to do:
Setting up splunk forwarder how to#
In this tutorial, we’ll explore how to deploy the Splunk Universal Forwarder on a Linux machine using three different deployment methods (RPM, DEB, and TGZ) and then discuss how to connect the UF to a Splunk Deployment server. My goal for this tutorial is to show you a number of different options for deploying the Universal Forwarder on various flavors of Linux and connect that Universal Forwarder to a Splunk Deployment Server for management and configuration. Managing the deployment of the Universal Forwarder is best handled via whatever mechanism your organization uses to deploy software packages across machines in your organization. In order to collect logs at scale, it is necessary to deploy the Universal Forwarder to every system where log collection is required.
I’ve gotten a lot of feedback asking for a similar one for Linux systems, which is what we’ll explore in this tutorial.Īs mentioned in the Windows Deployment Guide, the Universal Forwarder is the best mechanism for collecting logs from servers and end-user systems. In the first part of this series, I walked you through the process of getting the Splunk Universal Forwarder installed on your Windows systems.
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