https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Locate-Splunk-Cloud-Host-details-for-Universal-Forwarder/m-p/538770#M90276 <P>Don't use that command.&nbsp; Go to the Universal Forwarder app in your Splunk Cloud instance and follow the instructions there.&nbsp; It will have an app for you to download and install on your UF.&nbsp; That app contains the information you need.</P> Fri, 05 Feb 2021 14:01:38 GMT richgalloway 2021-02-05T14:01:38Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Locate-Splunk-Cloud-Host-details-for-Universal-Forwarder/m-p/538765#M90274 <P>Good Afternoon - I am new to Splunk and setting this up.<BR />My aim is to push IIS W3C formatted files from our web server into Splunk Cloud.&nbsp;</P><P>I have installed the Universal forwarder on the web server where the log files currently are, and i am in the process of configuring the forwarder however i am having issues.&nbsp;</P><P>I have set up an index ready (i believe), however when attempting to configure the output.conf file i am not sure how to populate the command&nbsp;</P><PRE>./splunk add forward-server &lt;host name or ip address&gt;:&lt;listening port&gt;</PRE><P>Where can i locate the hostname and listening port for my Splunk Cloud Deployment?</P> Fri, 05 Feb 2021 13:32:18 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Locate-Splunk-Cloud-Host-details-for-Universal-Forwarder/m-p/538765#M90274 JamesMArisTX 2021-02-05T13:32:18Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Locate-Splunk-Cloud-Host-details-for-Universal-Forwarder/m-p/538770#M90276 <P>Don't use that command.&nbsp; Go to the Universal Forwarder app in your Splunk Cloud instance and follow the instructions there.&nbsp; It will have an app for you to download and install on your UF.&nbsp; That app contains the information you need.</P> Fri, 05 Feb 2021 14:01:38 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Locate-Splunk-Cloud-Host-details-for-Universal-Forwarder/m-p/538770#M90276 richgalloway 2021-02-05T14:01:38Z