How does splunk reassamble chunks of data coming from UFs in an indexer...
By default, UFs are sending chunks of 64kB data and spread these over multiple indexers. But indexers are supposed to reassemble these chunks so that they can break lines, delimit events and extract...
View ArticleGetting containerized universal forwarder to forward host log files
I would like to be able to run the forwarder in a container, and have it forward my host logs from /var/log. So I mount the host /var/ into the container under /var/hostvar and run the container (in...
View ArticleManually configuring Splunk App for Infrastructure
Hello, I have a working Splunk Enterprise and Splunk Universal Forwarder. I am using 2 different CentOS VM Instance. I can successfully forward logs from UF to SE. I can also do search in here....
View ArticleError while executing scripted input deployed from universal forwarder.
I have created a scripted input and deployed it from the deployment server to the universal forwarder, but it's giving me the following error: ERROR ExecProcessor - message from...
View ArticleHow to send log file by using Universal Forwarder
Hello, The following process variable logs are created in my system. ------------------------------------------------------- Time | Target | Variable | Status 00:00:00 1 99 On-line 00:00:01 2 89...
View ArticleUniversal forwarder Sourcetype name changes itself
Hello, a Universal Forwarder (7.0.1) is watches an textfile. The parameter are following: [default] host = RBD9EUFN [monitor://C:\ProgramData\Cognex\In-Sight\Splunk\Log_Cam] index =...
View ArticleSplunk Forwarder Unable to communicate with Server
I am running RHEL 7 server, and noticed that my splunk forwarder client is not reporting in. I am running iptables. Here are the rules that I've added: -A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 8089 -j ACCEPT -A...
View ArticleHow do I configure Universal forwarder to send only internal logs and discard...
**About our architecture -** - All of our UFs send data to one UF. We call it Intermediate Universal Forwarder. (IUF) - IUF receives data and forwards it to splunkcloud. - IUF is our gateway to...
View ArticleUniversal forwarder is not sending logs.
I am unable to get forwarders to show up in the console after installing server/forwarder. Getting "no clients or apps are currently available on this deployment server". I installed Splunk version...
View ArticleHow to configure dynamic index for Splunk Universal Forwarder in a VMware...
We are using a Horizon View 7 connection server to manage desktop virtual machines in multiple domains. We are using a single-instance Splunk Enterprise Server, with Splunk Universal Forwarders sending...
View ArticleUF is not forwarding the JSON data to indexers
Hello, I configured the UF to monitor a JSON file in a specific directory but its not forwarding it to the indexers the output is working properly as there are files being sent to indexers here is my...
View Articlesplunk-monitornohandle - configure: no drive specifier found
We are receinving the error below in our environment after deploying the Splunk Add-on for Microsoft Windows: ERROR ExecProcessor - message from ""C:\Program...
View ArticleFailed installation of trial versions of Enterprise and Universal Forwarder...
I am installing the trial version of Splunk Enterprise on Windows 10 pro 64bit. When I use a domain account the installation fails. But when I use a local account the installation succeeds. Do the...
View ArticleSplunk App for Nextcloud: Some data is missing from installation.
I’m testing the Splunk App for Nextcloud. I installed a Splunk enterprise server, and a Splunk universal forwarder (my Nextcloud instance and the server are on different hosts). Looks like it’s...
View ArticleSplunk App for Nextcloud: Some data is missing
I’m testing the Splunk App for Nextcloud. I installed a Splunk enterprise server, and a Splunk universal forwarder (my Nextcloud instance and the server are on different hosts). Looks like it’s...
View ArticleSplunk Enterprise & UF on the same machine
I have inherited a Splunk installation from the previous administrator where there is a heavy forwarder **and** a UF installed on the same machine. Since this is a bad practice in terms of performance,...
View ArticleUniversal Forwarder Environment Variable Windows
I'm trying to ingest logs from client computers that are written to localappdata of the user running the software. The logs are not being picked up and I presume this is because splunk forwarder is not...
View ArticleUniversal Forwarder hardware specs
We are looking to deploy an Intermediary forwarding tier consisting of 3 Universal Forwarders going to Splunk Cloud. The underlying forwarding tier consists of heavy forwarders receiving logs and...
View ArticleSending Data from Universal forwarder to splunk?
Hi Splunkers, We have multiple csv files so we need to send data from Universal forwarder to splunk. We tried so many ways we didn't get proper results. Please provide proper stazas for below data. I...
View ArticleSNMP event
How to configure Univesal fowarder to send snmp traps in unix server and how to collect? whats the use of snmp modular input and where to install it? on the fowarder side or splunk instance? can we use...
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