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Getting data into Enterprise

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​To best start onboarding and beginning to work with data in Splunk Enterprise, review the following general steps. 

  • First, decide on the objective you want to achieve using Splunk Enterprise. Then identify the data you need in Splunk Enterprise to help you complete that objective. 
  • Use Splunk Lantern’s security, IT, and observability use case libraries to discover new applications for your data. 

Onboarding your data 

Getting data in - Windows

Install a Windows universal forwarder from an installer

Getting data in - Linux

Install a *nix universal forwarder

Getting data in - Forwarders

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