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​Download the Splunk remote upgrader for Windows universal forwarders from Splunkbase at:

​https://splunkbase.splunk.com/app/7920​.

This file contains the universal forwarder upgrader package and delivery scripts. The delivery scripts deliver a new version of the universal forwarder to an already installed universal forwarder that has an active remote upgrader installed using the deployment server. For a manual installation, you only need the universal forwarder upgrader package.​

Note: The Remote Upgrader for Windows Universal Forwarders must be installed in PowerShell from an Administrator account. To run as an Admin, right-click PowerShell > More > Run as administrator.

1. Unzip the downloaded file.

2. ​ ​In the directory splunk_app_uf_remote_upgrade_windows ​ find the universal forwarder upgrader package ​splunk-upgrader-win.zip​. You can locate this file at: ​splunk_app_uf_remote_upgrade_Windows/default/packages/splunk-upgrader-win.zip.​ ​ ​

3. Move the remote upgrader package into a directory outside of your home directory.

4. ​Unzip the package. ​​

5. To start the installation process, run the command: ./bin/install.ps1 -AGREETOLICENSE ​. As the output for the installation command, you should see that the universal forwarder upgrader daemon is "active (running)". ​

6. After installation, check the remote upgrader service SplunkUpgrader in Windows services.