Splunk Forwarder and Splunk Enterprise 6.4.1 on the same Winodws Server 2012 R2

[gmaynard0203]

I have installed Splunk Enterprise 6.4.1 on a VMware Windows Server 2012 R2 instance. I am able to install the Splunk Universal forwarder specifying the same server as the receiver, but when I attempt to configure the forwarder in Splunk Enterprise, I only receive the option to click on the link to configure the receiver, which I've already done from Splunk Web and from the Universal Forwarder installation.

I'm not using a deployment server and I'm only running one instance. This has been challenging to set up and am very eager to get this running correctly. Thanks!

[petercow]

The Splunk Server can receive data on its own. No forwarder required. (and actually, you shouldn't use it).

[ryanoconnor]

If you have Splunk Enterprise on that system, you shouldn't also need the Universal Forwarder on the same system. Splunk Enterprise will do the data collection and index it locally.