Immediately after installation, what will a Universal Forwarder do first?

The correct answer is C. Begin generating internal Splunk logs. Begin generating internal Splunk logs. Immediately after installation, a Universal Forwarder will start generating internal Splunk logs that contain information about its own operation, such as startup and shutdown events, configuration changes, data ingestion, and forwarding…

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AAutomatically detect any indexers in its subnet and begin routing data.
BBegin reading local files on its server.
CBegin generating internal Splunk logs.
DSend an email to the operator that the installation process has completed.

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Explanation

Begin generating internal Splunk logs. Immediately after installation, a Universal Forwarder will start generating internal Splunk logs that contain information about its own operation, such as startup and shutdown events, configuration changes, data ingestion, and forwarding activities. These logs are stored in the $SPLUNK_HOME/var/log/splunk directory on the Universal Forwarder machine.

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