Splunk Enterprise

forwarding logs

uadbs
New Member

Hi, i have the free version of splunk.  I am being asked to forward the splunk logs to an enterprise siem.  I believe there is a forwarder license, is that true, and is that what is needed to be able to forward the collected logs?  No way to just forward with just the free version?

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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Splunk Free cannot forward to a non-Splunk SIEM tool.  See https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/8.1.3/Admin/MoreaboutSplunkFree#What_features_are_disab...

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