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connorsvilardo
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‎06-05-2020
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What is the benefit of using a light forwarder?

by in Deployment Architecture
‎02-15-2011 02:15 PM
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I have a unix machine that is my main interface for splunk. I would like to index some windows machines. Why should I install a light forwarder on the windows machine as opposed to installing the windows app on the unix machine? ... View more

Can splunk running on unix index windows machines?

by in Getting Data In
‎02-14-2011 11:08 PM
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‎02-14-2011 11:08 PM
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I recently set up a linux server to collect my firewall log. I then setup splunk to index the log. It seems that I cannot index the windows machine from the splunk instance running on my linux server. Is it necessary to forward from the linux splunk to the windows splunk? ... View more
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