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forwarder configs

teagerton
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the universal forwarder was installed on a server to send info to splunk. We don't see any traffic coming from the forwarder. What's the best way to see the config for the forwarder.

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Mahieu
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I'm not sure what you mean by "the universal forwarder was installed" but a good first step would be to check this out :
http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/Deploy/Setupforwardingandreceiving

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