Configuring splunk forwarder in windows machine

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 Configuring forwarder in windows machine to forward the logs to SPLUNK in real time.


The Splunk universal forwarder is a free, dedicated version of Splunk Enterprise that contains only the essential components needed to forward data. TechSelect uses the universal forwarder to gather data from a variety of inputs and forward your machine data to Splunk indexers. The data is then available for searching.


REQUIREMENTS:

-                        WINDOWS OS

        SPLUNK FORWARDER


STEPS:

=> Configuring forwarder in windows machine to forward the logs to SPLUNK in real time.

Pc1 = windows 10 .

Pc2 = virtual windows machine .

 

=> Download Splunk universal forwarder  in pc2 And run this .msi file .


=>Click customize options . and ser path for Splunk forwarder 


=>Click ok .


=>no ssl certificate so click next.


=>Click local system and next.

=>Fill up this page then click next .

=>Enter username and password .

=>Start receiving indexer and click next .

=>Click install .

=>Create a new index in Splunk enterprise .

=>Set up Splunk instance to receive data from forwarder  ( in Splunk enterprise).

=>Go to c:\splunk\etc\apps\SplunkUniversalForwarder\local and edit add “index=pc2” in input file . (pc2)

=>Go to windows defender firewall and add new rule in inbound rules .(pc2)



=>Restart Splunk forwarder service .(pc2)

=>Then see all logs are forward in Splunk enterprise .

=>Forwarder successfully configured in windows operating system.

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