Docs Confusion Around Universal Forwarder about docker-splunk HOT 2 CLOSED

Sorry for the delay in getting back to this issue - we've recently made a big push to clean up and update the documentation to be more detailed and explicit.

When using the splunk/universalforwarder image, the default SPLUNK_ROLE is set in the image to be splunk_universal_forwarder. So ideally, you don't need to explicitly set this parameter during use - in fact, changing it will likely have negative consequences as the binary is different and probably can't assume any other responsibilities.

I've added a note re: splunk/universalforwarder/ and SPLUNK_ROLE here: #137. I'll take a look at getting the Dockerhub page updated with links after we revision the docs a bit more.

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Ok, I may have re-written lot of the introductory content on the DockerHub page :P Please let me know if there's other things we can do to improve our docs or usability!

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