https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Why-is-the-forwarder-not-working-on-Windows-10/m-p/417084#M73631 <P>I configured a Splunk Universal Forwarder on Windows 10. I also installed Splunk light on another Windows 10 computer. The forwarder is not recognized by Splunk Light. Can you offer any suggestions?</P> Mon, 02 Jul 2018 01:19:22 GMT rayeverestnatur 2018-07-02T01:19:22Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Why-is-the-forwarder-not-working-on-Windows-10/m-p/417084#M73631 <P>I configured a Splunk Universal Forwarder on Windows 10. I also installed Splunk light on another Windows 10 computer. The forwarder is not recognized by Splunk Light. Can you offer any suggestions?</P> Mon, 02 Jul 2018 01:19:22 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Why-is-the-forwarder-not-working-on-Windows-10/m-p/417084#M73631 rayeverestnatur 2018-07-02T01:19:22Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Why-is-the-forwarder-not-working-on-Windows-10/m-p/417085#M73632 <P>You didn't mention if you've already tried looking at the documentation: <A href="http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/SplunkLight/7.1.1/GettingStarted/GettingdataintoSplunkLightusingWindows">http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/SplunkLight/7.1.1/GettingStarted/GettingdataintoSplunkLightusingWindows</A></P> Mon, 02 Jul 2018 15:22:00 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Why-is-the-forwarder-not-working-on-Windows-10/m-p/417085#M73632 andrewb_splunk 2018-07-02T15:22:00Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Why-is-the-forwarder-not-working-on-Windows-10/m-p/417086#M73633 <P>I solved this problem by modifying the Windows 10 Defender Firewall on both computers.</P> Mon, 02 Jul 2018 18:15:00 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Why-is-the-forwarder-not-working-on-Windows-10/m-p/417086#M73633 rayeverestnatur 2018-07-02T18:15:00Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Why-is-the-forwarder-not-working-on-Windows-10/m-p/417087#M73634 <P>One option is to turn off the Windows 10 Defender Firewall on both computers.</P> Tue, 03 Jul 2018 13:31:03 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Why-is-the-forwarder-not-working-on-Windows-10/m-p/417087#M73634 rayeverestnatur 2018-07-03T13:31:03Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Why-is-the-forwarder-not-working-on-Windows-10/m-p/417088#M73635 <P>This is one possible solution.</P> Tue, 03 Jul 2018 13:32:19 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Why-is-the-forwarder-not-working-on-Windows-10/m-p/417088#M73635 rayeverestnatur 2018-07-03T13:32:19Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Why-is-the-forwarder-not-working-on-Windows-10/m-p/417089#M73636 <P>I would like an option besides turning off the entire firewall.</P> Tue, 03 Jul 2018 16:40:56 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Why-is-the-forwarder-not-working-on-Windows-10/m-p/417089#M73636 rayeverestnatur 2018-07-03T16:40:56Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Why-is-the-forwarder-not-working-on-Windows-10/m-p/417090#M73637 <P>The link provided does not discuss firewall issues or other network related issues.</P> Tue, 03 Jul 2018 18:01:34 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Why-is-the-forwarder-not-working-on-Windows-10/m-p/417090#M73637 rayeverestnatur 2018-07-03T18:01:34Z