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mailmetoramu
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Hi All,

Have installed Universal forwarder in my VM linux machine & Splunk Enterprise in my Windows laptop.

Configured universal forwarder indexer IP : Windows Laptop IP :9997 in the outputs.conf.

Please let me know the further configuration i need to do so that i can get the VM linux machines logs into my windows laptop splunk enterprise GUI.

Thanks,

Ramu.R

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adonio
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hello there,

did you enable inputs on 9997 on your laptop? (inputs.conf)
do you have a connection between VM and laptop?
do you have a defined index for linux data that matches your inputs.conf on VM?
look at this link and follow the guidlines.
http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/7.0.3/Troubleshooting/Cantfinddata

we are here to help

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adonio
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hello there,

did you enable inputs on 9997 on your laptop? (inputs.conf)
do you have a connection between VM and laptop?
do you have a defined index for linux data that matches your inputs.conf on VM?
look at this link and follow the guidlines.
http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/7.0.3/Troubleshooting/Cantfinddata

we are here to help

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