Splunk® Supported Add-ons

Splunk Add-on for McAfee NSP

Install the Splunk Add-on for McAfee NSP

Use the tables below to determine where and how to install this add-on in a distributed deployment of Splunk Enterprise. See the Installation walkthrough section at the bottom of this page for links to installation instructions specific to a single-instance deployment, distributed deployment, Splunk Cloud, or Splunk Light.

Distributed installation of 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 McAfee NSP knowledge management is required.
Indexers Yes Conditional Not required if you use heavy forwarders to monitor McAfee NSP logs. Required if you use universal or light forwarders to monitor McAfee NSP logs.
Heavy Forwarders Yes No If installed on heavy forwarders, does not need to be installed on indexers.
Universal Forwarders Yes No You must also install this add-on on your indexers if you use a universal forwarder rather than a heavy forwarder to monitor McAfee NSP logs.

Distributed deployment 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 Supported for deploying the Add-on.
Deployment Server Yes Supported for deploying the Add-on.

Installation walkthrough

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

Last modified on 11 May, 2023
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This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk® Supported Add-ons: released


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