Getting Data In

If my windows firewall service is Stopped - will Splunk have any trouble ?

chimbudp
Contributor

For Splunk to run , do firewall service needs to be enabled ?

If i disable the firewall - Is splunk expected to work or not ?

Tags (1)
0 Karma

DaveSavage
Builder

If there is an active firewall in place of any type then it would need to be configured to allow your TCP or UDP traffic through it for the respective ports. If it isn't enabled, then there are no such constraints. Splunk doesn't care...as in your forwarders will attempt to send regardless. Splunk doesn't 'know' about your firewalls unless they are being log monitored as well by an app.

chimbudp
Contributor

Yes got it.

0 Karma
Get Updates on the Splunk Community!

Splunk Decoded: Service Maps vs Service Analyzer Tree View vs Flow Maps

It’s Monday morning, and your phone is buzzing with alert escalations – your customer-facing portal is running ...

What’s New in Splunk Observability – September 2025

What's NewWe are excited to announce the latest enhancements to Splunk Observability, designed to help ITOps ...

Fun with Regular Expression - multiples of nine

Fun with Regular Expression - multiples of nineThis challenge was first posted on Slack #regex channel ...