Installing Splunk agent for log collection

Splunk agent downloads and directions for enabling Splunk log collection. Overview: This page describes the initial process for Splunk log collection.  The only server-side requirements  are 1) installation of the Splunk agent 2) configuration of that agent to ask the Splunk deployment server for its configuration.   A necessary follow-up step is a list of servers […]

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Splunk Installation

Fairly short and sweet to get the agent installed; details are below. 1)      Install the appropriate package from a designated and trusted source: 2)     The default installation path, ${INSTALL_PATH} = /opt/splunkforwarder 3)      Next, create a file with the path /opt/splunkforwarder/etc/system/local/deploymentclient.conf with the contents: [deployment-client] [target-broker:deploymentServer] targetUri = splunkdeploy.uits.uconn.edu:8089 4)      Run the following (supplying your own […]

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