Getting Data In

How to configure a Splunk universal forwarder and receiver on Windows?

Umesh_Vedicsoft
Path Finder

Can you please help me in detail with configuring the Splunk universal forwarder and receiver on Windows? I would like to get the data from a forwarder to another Windows system (receiver).

renjith_nair
Legend

Sure. just follow the below documentation

http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.3.0/Forwarding/DeployaWindowsdfmanually
http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.3.0/Installation/InstallonWindows

Even there is a video : http://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAAGXB

Once you installed configure your inputs.conf to forward the data

http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.1/Data/Monitorwindowsdata

Sample conf

[WinEventLog://Security]
disabled = 0
start_from = oldest
current_only = 0
checkpointInterval = 5
index=<your index>

Configure your outputs.conf
http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.1.3/Forwarding/Configureforwarderswithoutputs.confd

[tcpout:<target_group>]
server=<receiving_server1>, <receiving_server2>, ...
<attribute1> = <val1>
<attribute2> = <val2>

Configure your receiver. http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.1/Forwarding/Enableareceiver

Sample inputs.conf

[splunktcp://9997]
disabled = 0
---
What goes around comes around. If it helps, hit it with Karma 🙂
0 Karma
Got questions? Get answers!

Join the Splunk Community Slack to learn, troubleshoot, and make connections with fellow Splunk practitioners in real time!

Meet up IRL or virtually!

Join Splunk User Groups to connect and learn in-person by region or remotely by topic or industry.

Get Updates on the Splunk Community!

A Four-Part Event Series: Full Stack Observability For the AI Era

As AI reshapes applications, infrastructure, and the way teams operate, the traditional boundaries of ...

SOC4Kafka - New Kafka Connector Powered by OpenTelemetry

The new SOC4Kafka connector, built on OpenTelemetry, enables the collection of Kafka messages and forwards ...

Event Series: Level up your SOC: Advancing with Splunk Enterprise Security

AI has fundamentally raised the stakes for security operations, and this three-part series is your guide to ...