Installation

Difference between Splunk app and splunk add-on and universal forwarder?

gsrikanth87
Path Finder

As per my understanding we install Splunk app on serverside, Splunk universal forwarder is client-side, then what is a Splunk add-on?

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kml_uvce
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yes , if your definition of client and server side like this
client side is your source of data/system
serverside is your indexer

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kml_uvce
Builder

yes , if your definition of client and server side like this
client side is your source of data/system
serverside is your indexer

gsrikanth87
Path Finder

oh, Thank you. Do we have any video link for splunk configuration for unix/linux servers monitoring?

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kml_uvce
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universal forwarder : it is used to send data from source to indexer
Splunk app: you need to install in indexer or search head and shows you report, visualization
splunk addon:you need to install splunk add-on in forwarder and addon extract the data from source (example run scripts in unix addon) v and send to indexer via forwarder

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gsrikanth87
Path Finder

Thank you.. But I want to understand that where we install splunk app and splunk fowarder?

splunk app - server side
splunk universal forwarder- client side with addon

Is this correct?

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