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Protip: Add inputs on a forwarder using a CLI search… like a ninja.

Scenario: You deploy a Splunk forwarder, disable the web interface, and now you want to add inputs. What do you do? You could SSH to the box, do it through the CLI locally… you stop… think about it.. and you think to yourself, “No way, that’s how a pirate rolls.”
You’re a ninja. You use [...]