• System requirements
• Licensing information
• Procedures for installing
• Procedures for upgrading from a previous version

To install the Splunk universal forwarder, see Install the universal forwarder software in the Universal Forwarder manual. The universal forwarder is a separate executable with its own set of installation procedures. For an introduction to forwarders, see About forwarding and receiving in the Forwarding Data manual.

If you want to configure forwarding on a Splunk Enterprise instance, install the software and start the instance first, then enable forwarding on it.

1. Follow the instructions in this manual to install the right version of Splunk software for your computer operating system.
2. See Deploy a heavy forwarder for instructions on enabling heavy forwarding.