How to manage Splunk forwarders from a Splunk deployment server installed on a different VM?

So, I have Splunk Enterprise installed on a VM and it runs fine, but so far I have been upgrading the Splunk forwarders manually. I want to install Splunk on a different VM and manage the forwarders from there. How do I connect this new install of a Splunk deployment server to the one that runs the searches and has all the data? I am new to Splunk, so any help is appreciated. Thanks!