topic Re: Trying to set up forwarder for Splunk Light - Download Universal Forwarder Credentials link returns 404 in Getting Data In

Trying to set up forwarder for Splunk Light - Download Universal Forwarder Credentials link returns 404

lorenh — Mon, 25 Jul 2016 17:04:59 GMT

I am trying to set up a universal forwarder (Windows) to send data to our new Splunk Light trial account. I am following the instructions on the following page and am stuck on the part where I am to download the credentials:

"Getting data into Splunk Light cloud service using Windows"

The Download Universal Forwarder Credentials link returns 404. I've tried it with different browsers and it's always not found. Can anyone help me?

Re: Trying to set up forwarder for Splunk Light - Download Universal Forwarder Credentials link returns 404

andrewb_splunk — Mon, 25 Jul 2016 17:14:07 GMT

Might this be related to https://answers.splunk.com/answers/418576/cant-get-universal-forwarder-credentials-file.html?

Re: Trying to set up forwarder for Splunk Light - Download Universal Forwarder Credentials link returns 404

dkoshe_splunk — Mon, 25 Jul 2016 17:20:11 GMT

We are working on resolving this issue.
In the meantime, as a workaround, can you login to Splunk Light trial, and go to Universal Forwarder link which looks something like this,
https://prd-p-5dnv2v9jjfrp.cloud.splunk.com/en-US/app/search/splunkclouduf?earliest=0&latest=

Change the URL to below, by replacing splunkclouduf from the URL with setupuf:
https://prd-p-5dnv2v9jjfrp.cloud.splunk.com/en-US/app/search/setupuf?earliest=0&latest=

Re: Trying to set up forwarder for Splunk Light - Download Universal Forwarder Credentials link returns 404

lorenh — Mon, 25 Jul 2016 17:59:47 GMT

Hmm dkoshe, not sure I got what you were suggesting

Here is the original bad link:
https://xxx-x-xxxxxxxxxxxx.cloud.splunk.com/en-US/dj/splunkclouduf/ufpackage

Tried all of these and they all fail too
https://xxx-x-xxxxxxxxxxxx.cloud.splunk.com/en-US/dj/setupuf/ufpackage
https://xxx-x-xxxxxxxxxxxx.cloud.splunk.com/en-US/dj/setupuf
https://xxx-x-xxxxxxxxxxxx.cloud.splunk.com/en-US/dj/splunkclouduf/setupuf

Re: Trying to set up forwarder for Splunk Light - Download Universal Forwarder Credentials link returns 404

lorenh — Mon, 25 Jul 2016 18:12:27 GMT

Saw that one earlier too, but I believe this is unrelated, I'm en-us, thanks though!

Re: Trying to set up forwarder for Splunk Light - Download Universal Forwarder Credentials link returns 404

dkoshe_splunk — Mon, 25 Jul 2016 21:53:14 GMT

apologies for misleading instructions, I have updated my answer before, and verified that workaround works in my trial environment. Please give it a try.

Re: Trying to set up forwarder for Splunk Light - Download Universal Forwarder Credentials link returns 404

lorenh — Mon, 25 Jul 2016 22:08:27 GMT

That worked better! Thanks much.