Splunk® Supported Add-ons

Splunk Add-on for HAProxy

Install the Splunk Add-on for HAProxy

Installation instructions

See Installing add-ons in Splunk Add-Ons for detailed instructions describing how to install a Splunk add-on in the following deployment scenarios:

Distributed deployments

Use the tables below to determine where and how to install this add-on in a distributed deployment of Splunk Enterprise.

Where to install this add-on

This table provides a quick reference for installing this add-on to a distributed deployment of Splunk Enterprise.

Splunk instance type Supported Required Comments
Search Heads Yes Yes Install this add-on to all search heads where HAProxy knowledge management is required.
Indexers Yes Conditional Not required if you use heavy forwarders to collect data. Required if you use universal forwarders to collect data.
Heavy Forwarders Yes No Forwarder needs to be installed directly on the HAProxy server for file monitoring*. If listening over a network port, forwarder does not need to be installed directly on the HAProxy server.
Universal Forwarders Yes No This add-on needs to be installed on indexers if you use a universal forwarder rather than a heavy forwarder for data collection. Forwarder needs to be installed directly on the HAProxy server for file monitoring*. If listening over a network port, forwarder does not need to be installed directly on the HAProxy server.

*When using a file monitor input, the syslog file can be copied to the machine where the forwarder is installed as an alternative to installing the forwarder on the HAProxy server.

Distributed deployment feature compatibility

This table provides a quick reference for the compatibility of this add-on with Splunk distributed deployment features.

Distributed deployment feature Supported Comments
Search Head Clusters Yes You can install this add-on on a search head cluster for all search-time functionality.
Indexer Clusters Yes
Deployment Server Yes Supported for deploying the configured add-on.
Last modified on 21 July, 2021
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This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk® Supported Add-ons: released


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