How do I create a Linux Splunk testing environment on VMware?

[naqviah1]

Hi,

I am trying to create a testing environment for Splunk. I want to create an infrastructure of about 4 Linux environments: 2 forwarders, 1 indexer, and 1 deployment server. Can someone suggest a method to make this happen?

[richgalloway]

Create four Linux VMs (or ask your VMware admin to it). Then log on to each VM and install Splunk the same way you would on a physical machine.