Getting Data In

Splunk don't show Option in Windows Event Log

parmatma
Engager

Hi,
When i click on 'Windows Event Logs' in Add data to Splunk ( please see the below Print-screen )
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I am getting only this option ( Please see the below print-screen )
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But in the Video of Splunk, it is showing lots of Option such as Collect Windows event log from other machine. ( Please see the below print-screen )
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Can you tell me, why this option is not showing to me??

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dart
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

That option is only available when Splunk is installed on a Windows host. If you're not running on Windows, you need a Windows forwarder to get at that data.

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