Getting Data In

How do I install a universal forwarder on Mac OS and configure data inputs?

nawazrockon
New Member

It is getting installed, but I don't know how to import the data to my Splunk Enterprise. I can't find any proper GUI of the forwarder to import or deal with the log files.

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ChrisG
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

The universal forwarder does not have a GUI. You should definitely read the universal forwarder documentation. It walks through installation and configuration instructions for Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Cloud, and Splunk Light.

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ryanoconnor
Builder

Without knowing what your infrastructure looks like it will be hard to determine the best way, but you could definitely use a process very similar to this answer posted here. This is listed for Linux but should still get you where you need to go.

https://answers.splunk.com/answers/50082/how-do-i-configure-a-splunk-forwarder-on-linux.html

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