# Purpose: Installs a Splunk Universal Forwader on the host If (-not (Test-Path "C:\Program Files\SplunkUniversalForwarder\bin\splunk.exe")) { Write-Host "Downloading Splunk Universal Forwarder" $msiFile = $env:Temp + "\splunkforwarder-7.1.0-2e75b3406c5b-x64-release.msi" Write-Host "Installing & Starting Splunk" (New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadFile('https://www.splunk.com/bin/splunk/DownloadActivityServlet?architecture=x86_64&platform=windows&version=7.1.0&product=universalforwarder&filename=splunkforwarder-7.1.0-2e75b3406c5b-x64-release.msi&wget=true', $msiFile) Start-Process -FilePath "c:\windows\system32\msiexec.exe" -ArgumentList '/i', "$msiFile", 'RECEIVING_INDEXER="192.168.38.5:9997" WINEVENTLOG_SEC_ENABLE=1 WINEVENTLOG_SYS_ENABLE=1 WINEVENTLOG_APP_ENABLE=1 AGREETOLICENSE=Yes SERVICESTARTTYPE=1 LAUNCHSPLUNK=1 SPLUNKPASSWORD=changeme /quiet' -Wait } Else { Write-Host "Splunk is already installed. Moving on." } If ((Get-Service -name splunkforwarder).Status -ne "Running") { throw "Splunk forwarder service not running" } Write-Host "Splunk installation complete!"