Splunk Enterprise Certified Admin Practice Test

Which command is used from the forwarder to configure it to send data to the receiver?

1. splunk add listener

2. splunk send data

3. splunk add forward-server

4. splunk configure forwarder

The correct answer is: splunk add forward-server

The command used to configure a forwarder to send data to a receiver is "splunk add forward-server." This command establishes a connection between the forwarder and the Splunk receiver (typically an indexer). When this command is issued, it tells the forwarder to forward its data to the specified IP address and port of the Splunk receiver. This is a crucial step in setting up data ingestion in a Splunk environment, as it ensures that the data collected by the forwarder can be sent to a specified destination for indexing and analysis. Properly configuring the forward-server is essential in a distributed Splunk architecture, allowing for efficient data flows and ensuring that your logs and other data are accessible for searching and reporting across your enterprise environment. The other options provided do not pertain specifically to establishing the forwarder-to-receiver connection: "splunk add listener" is used to configure a receiver to accept data, "splunk send data" is not a valid Splunk command, and "splunk configure forwarder" is not an actual command used to link a forwarder to a receiver in Splunk’s command set.