topic Re: Install Universal Forwarder Credentials on Windows in Splunk Cloud Platform

Install Universal Forwarder Credentials on Windows

sabschap — Thu, 27 May 2021 20:50:39 GMT

Hello, i want to install the universal installer on a windows 2016 server. I proceed according to these instructions:

In point 3, reference is made to the installation instructions for Linux.

I downloaded the splunkclouduf.spl

This is the point about Linux or not? Install the following app by entering the following command: / opt / splunkforwarder / bin / splunk install app /tmp/splunkclouduf.spl.

How do I install the credentials for on a Windows machine?

Many thanks!

Re: Install Universal Forwarder Credentials on Windows

richgalloway — Fri, 28 May 2021 13:20:06 GMT

Since you're using Windows, you should use the installation instructions for Windows at https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Forwarder/8.2.0/Forwarder/InstallaWindowsuniversalforwarderfromthecommandline

Then install the app using the Windows command:

"\Program Files\SplunkUniversalForwarder\bin\splunk.exe" install app \Downloads\splunkclouduf.spl

Re: Install Universal Forwarder Credentials on Windows

kymkin — Wed, 06 Dec 2023 01:54:20 GMT

This helped me so much. When I say that I've been racking my brain on why this wouldn't work for the last 9 hours. I found this earlier, but I put it in the powershell. I was defeated. I then came back and read this again and saw that you said to put it into the cmd. It worked immediately. I'm so grateful.

Re: Install Universal Forwarder Credentials on Windows

pujan — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 05:00:25 GMT

i am also facing some issue after running this command on window machine-

also what configuration require on window side to forward logs on splunk cloud as i am new so i am facing this issue from last 3 days

Re: Install Universal Forwarder Credentials on Windows

richgalloway — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 15:16:18 GMT

This is an old thread so you may be more likely to get responses from a new question.

Have you tried untarring the file rather than using the splunk install command? 7-zip can be used to extract the .spl file to %SPLUNK_HOME%\etc\apps