topic Why does the splunk lite universal forwarder not show up in de forwarders list? in Splunk Enterprise

Why does the splunk lite universal forwarder not show up in de forwarders list?

DBoom — Thu, 09 Feb 2017 09:47:43 GMT

I have build a cloud infrastructure in azure with a windows server with a windows server. Next i've installed the splunk lite on my pc.
On the windows server iv'e installed the universal forwarder, but i cannot find it in my splunk lite console.

Re: Why does the splunk lite universal forwarder not show up in de forwarders list?

varad_joshi — Thu, 09 Feb 2017 13:36:53 GMT

On the UF have you configured outputs.conf file to forward the data??

Please ensure you have inputs.conf and outputs.conf configured and your Splunk server is ready to receive the logs.

Re: Why does the splunk lite universal forwarder not show up in de forwarders list?

ronekarleone — Thu, 09 Feb 2017 13:45:06 GMT

Hi!

First, you should check connectivity behind Splunk and UF (universal forwarder). So try to ping your Splunk Lite from Server with UF (turn off windows firewall for check). Try use telnet to port 8080 using Putty or Windows's telnet utility. May be firewall block your traffic, or you haven't right routes. You can see all needed ports on this diagram https://answers.splunk.com/answers/118859/diagram-of-splunk-common-network-ports.html

Second, check splunkd.log for errors on server with UF. Also you can check log files on Splunk Lite.

Please, let me know about the results.

Re: Why does the splunk lite universal forwarder not show up in de forwarders list?

gneumann_splunk — Tue, 29 Sep 2020 12:49:16 GMT

Be sure you have followed the steps for installing the universal forwarder on Microsoft Windows. See
http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/SplunkLight/6.5.2/GettingStarted/GettingdataintoSplunkLightusingWindows

Note, if using the installation wizard, be sure to configure the Deployment Server dialog (port 8089), and the Receiving Indexer dialog (port 9997).

If using the command line, see http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Forwarder/6.5.2/Forwarder/InstallaWindowsuniversalforwarderfromthecommandline#Supported_command_line_flags and be sure to flag:
RECEIVING_INDEXER="" and DEPLOYMENT_SERVER=""

You should be able to see your forwarders on the System > Forwarder management page in Splunk Light.