How to monitor logs with Splunk

Operational intelligence and log management.

1. Knowledge
1. Splunk is a log monitoring solution.
2. Strategy
1. Install Splunk as host server.
2. Configure host to listen to clients on the default port.
3. Install the Universal Forwarder as a rpm on client machines.
4. Configure the forwarders to send to the host.
5. Verify it all works.
3. Execution