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How to override Splunk universal forwarder license acknowledgement?

raindrop18
Communicator

How to override Splunk universal forwarder license acknowledgement on enterprise installation script?

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muebel
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Hi raindrop18, As jkat54 mentioned --accept-license is key, but I like to go a bit further with :

/opt/splunkforwarder/bin/splunk start --accept-license --answer-yes --no-prompt

to make sure nothing stands in the way.

Please let me know if this answers your question!

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muebel
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Hi raindrop18, As jkat54 mentioned --accept-license is key, but I like to go a bit further with :

/opt/splunkforwarder/bin/splunk start --accept-license --answer-yes --no-prompt

to make sure nothing stands in the way.

Please let me know if this answers your question!

raindrop18
Communicator

thank you! I will try this too.

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fmorar
Engager

This worked for me - you can also add it to the restart command after an upgrade :
/opt/splunkforwarder/bin/splunk restart --accept-license --answer-yes --no-prompt

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jkat54
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Add --accept-license to the startup command

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