topic Universal Forwarder Error during install in Getting Data In

Universal Forwarder Error during install

Bill_B — Tue, 25 Feb 2014 19:45:04 GMT

Hi,
I'm trying to install "splunkforwarder-6.0-182611-x64-release" on a Windows 2008 R2 server. While going through the install wizard I receive this error after selecting "Remote Windows Data" and entering domain, user, password.

"Please re-launch the installer as an Administrator. This is required to configure the installation for remote data collection."

I have looked through Splunk Answers and found the fix of running the package through an elevated command line. However, when I tried that solution I received error:

"This installation package could not be opened. Verify that the package exists and that you can access it, or contact the application vendor to verify that this is a valid Windows Installer package."

What is wrong here? Please help. Thank you.

Re: Universal Forwarder Error during install

linu1988 — Tue, 25 Feb 2014 20:04:33 GMT

Hello,
it is quite obvious that you got the command line error due to invalid file path. Run the below as an admin use in cmd. Go to the directory and run this.

msiexec /i splunkforwarder-6.0-182611-x64-release.msi

You can configure other options later after the installation is done , using inputs.conf file.

Thanks

Re: Universal Forwarder Error during install

Bill_B — Tue, 25 Feb 2014 20:31:37 GMT

That worked. Thanks for your help and fast response linu1988.

Re: Universal Forwarder Error during install

linu1988 — Tue, 25 Feb 2014 20:41:25 GMT

Feel free to accept the answer... 🙂