Why is our universal forwarder not visible in the Forwarder Management console?

[arandi]

I have completed the universal forwarder setup, and configured it as a deployment client of the Cloud Instance. But, I'm still not able to view the forwarder in the Forwarder Management console.

I have checked firewall rules for outbound traffic, and it is going trough the required ports.

[marycordova · Accepted solution]

Check if the below helps:

1. verify the hostname in /opt/splunk/etc/system/local/inputs.conf
2. delete /opt/splunk/etc/instance.fcg
3. restart the forwarder

[arandi]

Awsome… it worked perfectly.

just a minor correction: the actual directory is under /opt/splunkforwarder/ instead of just /etc/splunk.

but great..

thank you so much

Gabriel

[arandi]

You're awesome... it worked perfectly. just a minor correction here: the actual directory is "/opt/splunkforwarder/" instead of just /etc/splunk, but perfect..

thank you so much..