*For me issue was related to the Windows Firewall at the indexer (Splunk enterprise) server blocked the forwarder server's connection * The Error found in the forwarder server splunkd.log ERROR TcpInputProc - Error encountered for connection from ... timeout To fix it, simply allow the splunkd.exe (located at splunk_home\bin) to communicate through window firewall. Tim ... View more

*For me issue was related to the Windows Firewall at the indexer (Splunk enterprise) server blocked the forwarder server's connection * The Error found in the forwarder server splunkd.log ERROR TcpInputProc - Error encountered for connection from ... timeout To fix it, simply allow the splunkd.exe (located at splunk_home\bin) to communicate through window firewall. Tim,*For me issue was related to the Windows Firewall at the indexer (Splunk enterprise) server blocked the forwarder server's connection * The Error found in the forwarder server splunkd.log ERROR TcpInputProc - Error encountered for connection from ... timeout To fix it, simply allow the splunkd.exe (located at splunk_home\bin) to communicate through window firewall. Tim ... View more