This script downloads the Splunk Universal Forwarder package, extracts it, moves it to the specified install location, sets the appropriate ownership, and starts the forwarder. 😊
To run the Python script, you can follow these steps:
- Download the script
- Open a terminal window and navigate to the directory where the script is saved
- Make the script executable with the following command: chmod +x Splunk Universal Forwarder Installation for Linux.py
- Run the script with the following command: ./Splunk Universal Forwarder Installation for Linux.py
Note that you may need to run the script with elevated privileges (such as sudo) depending on the user permissions and the installation location.