https://community.splunk.com/t5/Deployment-Architecture/Is-there-ova-available-for-POC-on-esxi/m-p/412488#M14769 <P>Hi. I'm trying to set up a simple Proof of Concept in an ESXi environment. <BR /> I found a .ova for download but it doesn't appear equal to Enterprise. Am I missing something? </P> <P>Can I use the available .ova to test an indexer, basic search and a universal forwarder? Or, do I need to stand up a Linux VM and download the 60-day Enterprise package?</P> <P>Thanks</P> Tue, 11 Jun 2019 02:10:45 GMT mc581w 2019-06-11T02:10:45Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Deployment-Architecture/Is-there-ova-available-for-POC-on-esxi/m-p/412488#M14769 <P>Hi. I'm trying to set up a simple Proof of Concept in an ESXi environment. <BR /> I found a .ova for download but it doesn't appear equal to Enterprise. Am I missing something? </P> <P>Can I use the available .ova to test an indexer, basic search and a universal forwarder? Or, do I need to stand up a Linux VM and download the 60-day Enterprise package?</P> <P>Thanks</P> Tue, 11 Jun 2019 02:10:45 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Deployment-Architecture/Is-there-ova-available-for-POC-on-esxi/m-p/412488#M14769 mc581w 2019-06-11T02:10:45Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Deployment-Architecture/Is-there-ova-available-for-POC-on-esxi/m-p/412489#M14770 <P>I'll try to answer my question. I tried this both ways, using the available .ova and a fresh enterprise installation on ubuntu. The .ova is a heavy forwarder, not enterprise installation. The confusing part to a noob is the ui looks the same. So close that i was able to setup a receiver but never got it to work, even though it showed up as listening locally. After deploying the enterprise package I followed the steps and the receiver is listening and reachable. </P> Mon, 17 Jun 2019 14:43:02 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Deployment-Architecture/Is-there-ova-available-for-POC-on-esxi/m-p/412489#M14770 mc581w 2019-06-17T14:43:02Z