deplyment server

[krishnacasso]

Can we install a forwarder on the target machine from the deployment server.
Is deployment server is only used to manage splunk instances and send update to these instances ?

[jlvix1]

If you install universal forwarders on all your endpoints, as vanilla configuration just pointing back to your central server, you can then add a data input from the server and get it to start pushing logs up to central server.

[beatus]

krishnacasso,
The deployment server is for managing Splunk configurations, not the install itself. There are some examples of install scripts in the documentation that can get a UF installed and talking to a deployment server:
* nix: http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Forwarder/6.4.2/Forwarder/Installanixuniversalforwarderremotely...
* Windows: http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Forwarder/6.4.2/Forwarder/InstallaWindowsuniversalforwarderremo...