FASTEST SPLUNK INSTALLATION FOR YOUR HOMELAB- PART 2

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RUN SPLUNK UNIVERSAL FORWARDER IN THE DOCKER CONTAINER

Splunk Universal Forwarder (UF) is a lightweight component of the Splunk platform that is designed to collect and forward data from various sources to a central Splunk deployment. It acts as an agent installed on remote machines or devices and facilitates the efficient and secure transfer of data to a centralized Splunk environment for indexing, searching, and analysis.

By using Splunk Universal Forwarder, organizations can efficiently collect and forward data from distributed sources to a centralized Splunk deployment. This allows for centralized data analysis, correlation, and visualization, providing valuable insights and enabling organizations to gain operational intelligence and make data-driven decisions.