Install the Splunk App for Edge Hub and AR

Administer your Splunk AR mobile app deployment with the Splunk App for Edge Hub and AR.

See Get started with Splunk AR to learn more about deploying Splunk AR in your workforce.

The Splunk App for Edge Hub and AR requires Splunk Secure Gateway on your Splunk Platform. Functionalities pertaining to Splunk AR that previously existed in Splunk Cloud Gateway have migrated to the Splunk App for Edge Hub and AR. If you're using Splunk Cloud Gateway and migrating to Splunk Secure Gateway, see Migrate from Splunk Cloud Gateway to Splunk Secure Gateway.

If you're migrating from Splunk Cloud Gateway to Splunk Secure Gateway, you must have Splunk Cloud Gateway installed when switching to Splunk Secure Gateway and the Splunk App for Edge Hub and AR. If you don't have Splunk Cloud Gateway installed when upgrading, you'll lose all assets, asset groups, workspaces, geofences, beacons, and permission settings.

Prerequisites

To use the Splunk App for Edge Hub and AR, complete the following steps:

1. Make sure your Splunk platform instance uses the Python 3 interpreter by default. See Python 3 migration with the Splunk platform to learn more about setting the default Python interpreter.
2. Get Splunk Secure Gateway. See Get Splunk Secure Gateway.

Install the Splunk App for Edge Hub and AR from Splunkbase

Install Splunk App for AR on all members of the search head cluster.

1. Launch your Splunk platform.
2. Log into your Splunk platform.
3. Download the Splunk App for AR from Splunkbase.
4. Click the Apps gear icon in Splunk.
5. Click Install app from file.
6. Click Choose File and select the downloaded Splunk App for AR file.
7. Click Upload.
8. Restart your Splunk platform.
9. If your Splunk platform deployment doesn't have a valid SSL certificate, disable SSL verification.

Here's how to disable SSL verification:

1. Create a configuration file in the Splunk App for AR local directory at $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/apps/splunk-app-ar/local/splunkar.conf.
2. Add the following lines to the configuration file:

   [general]
   disable_ssl_verify = true
   

3. Restart your Splunk platform.

Next Steps

If it's your first time setting up your Splunk AR deployment, see Get started with Splunk Edge Hub and AR.

If you're already using the Splunk AR mobile app and haven't migrated your Splunk Cloud Gateway data to Splunk Secure Gateway, see Migrate from Splunk Cloud Gateway to Splunk Secure Gateway in the Administer Splunk Secure Gateway manual. Make sure Splunk Cloud Gateway remains installed when migrating to Splunk Secure Gateway and installing the Splunk App for Edge Hub and AR.