https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Is-it-necessary-to-install-a-universal-forwarder-on-a-server/m-p/373541#M67704 <P>No, the universal forwarder is like a light server, you splunk server can forwarder and analise on his own.</P> Mon, 12 Feb 2018 16:30:07 GMT felipesewaybric 2018-02-12T16:30:07Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Is-it-necessary-to-install-a-universal-forwarder-on-a-server/m-p/373540#M67703 <P>I have a RHEL6 VM that has a splunk server installed on it, and about 30 clients of various OS types.</P> <P>Is it necessary/best practice to install a universal forwarder on the server itself?<BR /> My security officer says the server does not show up on her dashboard. To me, it seems the server would include the software needed to monitor itself; it wouldn't be necessary to install a universal forwarder on a server.</P> Mon, 12 Feb 2018 15:38:37 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Is-it-necessary-to-install-a-universal-forwarder-on-a-server/m-p/373540#M67703 spackard 2018-02-12T15:38:37Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Is-it-necessary-to-install-a-universal-forwarder-on-a-server/m-p/373541#M67704 <P>No, the universal forwarder is like a light server, you splunk server can forwarder and analise on his own.</P> Mon, 12 Feb 2018 16:30:07 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Is-it-necessary-to-install-a-universal-forwarder-on-a-server/m-p/373541#M67704 felipesewaybric 2018-02-12T16:30:07Z