Install and configure the Splunk Remote Upgrader for Linux Universal Forwarder to remotely upgrade.
Discover one way to remotely upgrade the Splunk Universal Forwarder on Linux. During this video, you can follow along while I go into Splunk documentation and configure the Remote Upgrader for the Linux Universal Forwarder.
The remote upgrader is a daemon that runs alongside the universal forwarder. It monitors a directory for a new version of the universal forwarder and once it finds one there it will perform the upgrade.
Splunk documentation links
Splunk Remote Upgrader for Linux Universal Forwarder documentation:
https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation...
Splunkbase - Splunk Remote Upgrader for Linux Universal Forwarder
https://splunkbase.splunk.com/app/7699
Splunk Universal Forwarder Download site:
https://www.splunk.com/en_us/download...