Can we configure the forwarders to use SFTP for transferring the files?

[ankithreddy777]

Can we configure the forwarders to use SFTP for transferring the files? If not is there any way to encrypt data by Universal Forwarder (UF)? Does UF support SSL?

[lguinn2 · Accepted solution]

The UF supports SSL. You cannot use sftp. Here is the explanation in the documentation:

Configure Splunk forwarding to use your own certificates in the Securing Splunk Enterprise manual.

FYI, I found this by using Google and searching for "Splunk forwarder SSL"
There are also a bunch of questions - and answers - on this site, which the Google results also show.

Good luck!