https://community.splunk.com/t5/Monitoring-Splunk/desktop-log-files/m-p/106958#M7538 <P>Is it possible to monitor all my desktop machines log files (50 desktops). If possible I would assume its accomplished via some sort of forwarder? Beginner so be easy on me.... need step by step instructions.</P> Wed, 09 Nov 2011 04:19:07 GMT jgervin 2011-11-09T04:19:07Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Monitoring-Splunk/desktop-log-files/m-p/106958#M7538 <P>Is it possible to monitor all my desktop machines log files (50 desktops). If possible I would assume its accomplished via some sort of forwarder? Beginner so be easy on me.... need step by step instructions.</P> Wed, 09 Nov 2011 04:19:07 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Monitoring-Splunk/desktop-log-files/m-p/106958#M7538 jgervin 2011-11-09T04:19:07Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Monitoring-Splunk/desktop-log-files/m-p/106959#M7539 <P>Windows, Linux, Mac desktops ... you can just use the Splunk Universal Forwarder (UF).</P> <P><A href="http://www.splunk.com/download/universalforwarder">Download Here</A></P> <P><A href="http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/Deploy/Introducingtheuniversalforwarder">Universal Forwarder Documentation</A></P> <P>For ease of desktop management, you could bundle the UF and its config as part of the base Operating System image. </P> <P>Or for a bit more flexibility, you could also configure the UF's centrally using <A href="http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/4.2.4/Deploy/Aboutdeploymentserver">Splunk Deployment Server</A> or a third party tool like Puppet or Chef.</P> Wed, 09 Nov 2011 04:29:18 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Monitoring-Splunk/desktop-log-files/m-p/106959#M7539 Damien_Dallimor 2011-11-09T04:29:18Z