Install the Splunk Add-on for Cisco UCS

1. Get the Splunk Add-on for Cisco UCS by downloading it from http://splunkbase.splunk.com/app/2731 or browsing to it using the app browser within Splunk Web.
2. Determine where and how to install this add-on in your deployment, using the following tables.
3. Perform any prerequisite steps before installing, if required and specified in the following tables.
4. Complete your installation.

If you need step-by-step instructions on how to install an add-on in your specific deployment environment, see the installation walkthroughs section at the bottom of this page for links to installation instructions specific to a single-instance deployment, distributed deployment, or Splunk Cloud.

Distributed deployment

Use the following tables to determine where and how to install this add-on in a distributed deployment of Splunk Enterprise or any deployment for which you are using forwarders to get your data in. Depending on your environment, your preferences, and the requirements of the add-on, you may need to install the add-on in multiple places.

Where to install this add-on

Unless otherwise noted, all supported add-ons can be safely installed to all tiers of a distributed Splunk platform deployment. See Where to install Splunk add-ons in Splunk Add-ons for more information.

This table provides a reference for installing this specific add-on to a distributed deployment of the Splunk platform:

Splunk platform instance type	Supported	Required	Actions required / Comments
Search Heads	Yes	Yes	Install this add-on to all search heads where Cisco UCS knowledge management is required. As a best practice, turn add-on visibility off on your search heads to prevent data duplication errors. Errors can result from running inputs on your search heads instead of, or in addition to, your data collection node.
Indexers	Yes	No	Not required, because the parsing operations occur on the heavy forwarders.
Heavy Forwarders	Yes	Yes	This add-on supports heavy forwarders for data collection.
Universal Forwarders	No	No	This add-on supports only heavy forwarders for data collection.

Distributed deployment feature compatibility

This table describes the compatibility of this add-on with Splunk distributed deployment features.

Distributed deployment feature	Supported	Actions required / Comments
Search Head Clusters	Yes	Install this add-on to all search heads where Cisco UCS knowledge management is required. As a best practice, turn add-on visibility off on your search heads to prevent data duplication errors. Errors can result from running inputs on your search heads instead of, or in addition to, your data collection node.
Indexer Clusters	Yes	Not required, because the parsing operations occur on the heavy forwarders.
Deployment Server	No	You cannot use a deployment server to deploy the configured add-on to forwarders because the add-on uses modular inputs to collect data remotely. Using a deployment server to deploy configured add-ons to multiple forwarders results in duplicate data collection.

Installation walkthroughs

The Splunk Add-Ons manual includes an Installing add-ons guide that helps you successfully install any Splunk-supported add-on to your Splunk platform deployment:

For a walkthrough of the installation procedure, follow the link that matches your deployment scenario:

• Single-instance Splunk Enterprise
• Distributed Splunk Enterprise
• Splunk Cloud