Command options

When working with the Remote Upgrader for Linux Universal Forwarders, the following command options are available:

Option	Desc	Example
--accept-license	Accept the license silently	./bin/install.sh --accept-license
--create-user	Create a default user/group to run the Remote Upgrader for Linux Universal Forwarders daemon. The user and group name can be customized in ./config/local_config. You cannot use this option in conjunction with --user or --group	./bin/install.sh --create-user
-u or --user -g or --group	Provide an existing user and group to run the Remote Upgrader for Linux Universal Forwarders upgrader daemon.	Cannot use in conjunction with --create-user . /bin/install.sh --user <user> --group <group>
--splunk-home	The path to SPLUNK_HOME to be upgraded. Use this if there are multiple Splunk products installed on the same instance.	./bin/install.sh --splunk-home /opt/splunkforwarder

Once installed, the Remote Upgrader for Linux Universal Forwarders continues monitoring one specific folder to wait for universal forwarder packages and upgrades the universal forwarder when the package becomes available.