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Universal Forwarder Receiving port

bachube
New Member

Is it possible to run multiple forwarders, from different servers, using just port 9997? Or would I need to specify different ports for each forwarder?

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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

All of your universal forwarders use the same port.

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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

All of your universal forwarders use the same port.

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If this reply helps you, Karma would be appreciated.
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