https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Is-Splunk-Universal-Forwarder-able-to-run-Powershell-inputs/m-p/433357#M75749 <P>Yes it can.<BR /> <A href="http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/7.2.1/Data/MonitorWindowsdatawithPowerShellscripts">http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/7.2.1/Data/MonitorWindowsdatawithPowerShellscripts</A></P> <P>Powershell is not packaged with UF, it must be installed to Windows.</P> Tue, 11 Dec 2018 01:45:10 GMT anthonymelita 2018-12-11T01:45:10Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Is-Splunk-Universal-Forwarder-able-to-run-Powershell-inputs/m-p/433356#M75748 <P>In Inputs.conf, it says that we can run powershell scripts using the below stanza. Does the universal forwarder have the capability to run this input alone?</P> <P>[powershell://]</P> <P>Is a UF required to have a Powershell to be installed on Windows host separately to run this input? OR Does Powershell come as a package with UF Installation?</P> Mon, 10 Dec 2018 22:35:13 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Is-Splunk-Universal-Forwarder-able-to-run-Powershell-inputs/m-p/433356#M75748 ankithreddy777 2018-12-10T22:35:13Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Is-Splunk-Universal-Forwarder-able-to-run-Powershell-inputs/m-p/433357#M75749 <P>Yes it can.<BR /> <A href="http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/7.2.1/Data/MonitorWindowsdatawithPowerShellscripts">http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/7.2.1/Data/MonitorWindowsdatawithPowerShellscripts</A></P> <P>Powershell is not packaged with UF, it must be installed to Windows.</P> Tue, 11 Dec 2018 01:45:10 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Is-Splunk-Universal-Forwarder-able-to-run-Powershell-inputs/m-p/433357#M75749 anthonymelita 2018-12-11T01:45:10Z