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Srikanth Yarlagadda
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Srikanth Yarlagadda

Srikanth is a highly accomplished IT professional with a diverse range of expertise in the technology industry. Having completed his Masters in Computer Applications in 2009, he has since honed his skills in Java, Oracle SOA, and API development, gaining valuable experience along the way. With over 13 years of experience in the field, Srikanth is now a Splunk Certified Architect and was recently selected to join the esteemed cohort of SplunkTrust in 2022. He has extensive knowledge of various Splunk products, including Splunk Enterprise Security and SOAR, and he is currently dedicated to Threat Detection and Security Automation using Splunk ES & SOAR. Srikanth's impressive work history includes significant roles at major telecom companies across Norway and Pan Europe. Beyond technology, Srikanth's greatest joy is his family. Along with his wife and two children, he calls Australia home and enjoys spending time together while staying active.
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Installing the universal forwarder

The installation steps for the UF are different for various OSs, and the UF software package differs too, depending on the OS and computing architecture. In this section, you will find only Windows and Linux-compatible UF installation instructions.

To find the list of UF software packages available by OS, go to https://www.splunk.com/en_us/download/universal-forwarder.html.

Before we dive into the direct installation, Splunk suggests checking the hardware prerequisites. The following CPU, memory, and disk requirements apply to UF 8.2.x through 9.x on all OSs:

  • CPU: 1.5 GHz clock speed
  • Primary memory: 512 MB
  • Disk: 5 GB space

Let’s take a look at the Windows installation instructions.

Installation in Windows OS

To demonstrate, I have downloaded the Windows 11 64-bit architecture-compatible .msi forwarder package from the preceding download link. The package can be installed through the command line/PowerShell...

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Srikanth Yarlagadda

Srikanth is a highly accomplished IT professional with a diverse range of expertise in the technology industry. Having completed his Masters in Computer Applications in 2009, he has since honed his skills in Java, Oracle SOA, and API development, gaining valuable experience along the way. With over 13 years of experience in the field, Srikanth is now a Splunk Certified Architect and was recently selected to join the esteemed cohort of SplunkTrust in 2022. He has extensive knowledge of various Splunk products, including Splunk Enterprise Security and SOAR, and he is currently dedicated to Threat Detection and Security Automation using Splunk ES & SOAR. Srikanth's impressive work history includes significant roles at major telecom companies across Norway and Pan Europe. Beyond technology, Srikanth's greatest joy is his family. Along with his wife and two children, he calls Australia home and enjoys spending time together while staying active.
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