topic Re: Help with installing UF Credentials MacOS in Getting Data In

Help with installing UF Credentials MacOS

Dawoo — Wed, 18 Dec 2024 13:22:38 GMT

First of all, I'm a total beginner to Splunk. I just started my free trial of Splunk Cloud and want to install the UF on my MacBook. I don't know how to install the credential file, splunkclouduf.spl. I have unpacked that file but in what directory should I move them to?

You can also see the directory of SplunkForwarder.

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Re: Help with installing UF Credentials MacOS

luizlimapg — Wed, 18 Dec 2024 14:38:38 GMT

Hi @Dawoo, how are you?

You can follow the documentation steps to install UF on MacOS

Re: Help with installing UF Credentials MacOS

isoutamo — Wed, 18 Dec 2024 18:08:14 GMT

Hi
After you have unpacked it you have directory named like 100_<your cloud stack name or something similar>. Then just move/copy this directory (with its structure) under /Application/SplunkForwarder/etc/apps/ then restart or start your splunkd in your laptop.
If there are issues just look logs under …./var/log/splunk/ directory, especially splunkd.log.
Btw. logd input is probably still broken? I haven’t test that with 9.4.0 yet.
r. Ismo

Re: Help with installing UF Credentials MacOS

Dawoo — Wed, 18 Dec 2024 18:27:15 GMT

Thank you for that. I think I've got it! I know see my MacBook in Forwarder instance on the Splunk cloud page.
Now I just have to figure out if I can create a dashboard and see different metrics from my MacBook? 🙂

Re: Help with installing UF Credentials MacOS

Dawoo — Wed, 18 Dec 2024 18:56:06 GMT

How do I change what metrics that is sent from my Macbook to Splunk?

Now I see average output but it I don't think its correct? I downloaded som files just to generate some traffic but that traffic do not show 😞

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Re: Help with installing UF Credentials MacOS

isoutamo — Wed, 18 Dec 2024 19:08:20 GMT

Probably you should install e.g. https://splunkbase.splunk.com/app/833 to collect some files, statistics etc. Also you should check Getting Data In documentations from docs.splunk.com and lantern.splunk.com.