Splunk

This guide will walk you through the process of installing a Linux Splunk Universal Forwarder (UF) with the aim of automating the process.

Maintaining a reliable backup strategy is crucial when working with Splunk Enterprise, as it ensures the ability to revert back to a functional state in the event of an unrecoverable issue. In this article, we will explore a simple yet effective method of backing up Splunk’s /opt/splunk/etc directory.

Have you forgotten your Splunk admin credentials and have no way of resetting them? This process walks through resetting the credentials from the CLI.

Lets take a look at the steps needed to install Splunk 9.x on a Ubuntu Linux server.