

#Upgrade splunk universal forwarder password
This command uses a hash function to convert the entered password into a representation like $6$8dZNO1R. The anonymized password for the user admin, which we can create on any Splunk instance using the command splunk hash-passwd MeinGeheimesPasswort.

The cret, which is shared across the entire Splunk infrastructure.The batch script and the installation file are located on an available disk space, either locally on the Windows instance or on a network drive, etc.Administrator rights on the Windows instance.For example, this version does not include checks to see if the selected installation package matches the current operating system. The following script is a simple solution on which more complex cases may be built. NO connection to Indexer, this will follow later via the Deployment Server.Create an admin account in the Splunk UF with a predefined password, which is provided in anonymized form via the nf.General installation of the Splunk Universal Forwarder.The script described here does the installation with the following aspects:
