https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/I-installed-a-universal-forwarder-but-the-system-still-indicates/m-p/240468#M46739 <P>I'm trying to retrieve data from another server using a universal forwarder. I succeeded in installing the universal forwarder on the server, configured the correct IP address, and restarted Splunk. However, the system still indicates that my forwarder is inactive. </P> <P>I've checked that the necessary ports are open, and there are no firewall issues. No problems with output/inputs as well. I've tried all the troubleshooting after searching through the forum, but to avail.</P> <P>How do I "activate" the forwarder?<BR /> <span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper" image-alt="alt text"><img src="https://community.splunk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/1541i1B7F991BD1A278EE/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="alt text" alt="alt text" /></span></P> Wed, 29 Jun 2016 09:40:32 GMT attrnpy1 2016-06-29T09:40:32Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/I-installed-a-universal-forwarder-but-the-system-still-indicates/m-p/240468#M46739 <P>I'm trying to retrieve data from another server using a universal forwarder. I succeeded in installing the universal forwarder on the server, configured the correct IP address, and restarted Splunk. However, the system still indicates that my forwarder is inactive. </P> <P>I've checked that the necessary ports are open, and there are no firewall issues. No problems with output/inputs as well. I've tried all the troubleshooting after searching through the forum, but to avail.</P> <P>How do I "activate" the forwarder?<BR /> <span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper" image-alt="alt text"><img src="https://community.splunk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/1541i1B7F991BD1A278EE/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="alt text" alt="alt text" /></span></P> Wed, 29 Jun 2016 09:40:32 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/I-installed-a-universal-forwarder-but-the-system-still-indicates/m-p/240468#M46739 attrnpy1 2016-06-29T09:40:32Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/I-installed-a-universal-forwarder-but-the-system-still-indicates/m-p/240469#M46740 <P>We see in the screen-shot <CODE>Configured but inactive forwards</CODE> ...</P> <P>Very good explanation at -</P> <P><A href="https://answers.splunk.com/answers/48760/how-to-activate-forward-server.html">How to activate forward-server?</A></P> <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper" image-alt="alt text"><img src="https://community.splunk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/1540i441C6542DEE8F327/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="alt text" alt="alt text" /></span></P> Wed, 29 Jun 2016 17:36:11 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/I-installed-a-universal-forwarder-but-the-system-still-indicates/m-p/240469#M46740 ddrillic 2016-06-29T17:36:11Z