Install Splunk Business Flow

Before you install Splunk Business Flow you need to satisfy the following requirements.

Requirement	Description
Splunk Enterprise or Splunk Cloud deployment	Splunk Business Flow is an app for the Splunk platform and is compatible with both Splunk Enterprise and Splunk Cloud versions 7.0.x, 7.1.x, 7.2.x, 7.3.x, 8.0.x . If you are running an earlier version of Splunk Enterprise, see How to upgrade Splunk Enterprise in the Splunk Enterprise Installation Manual.
Role	You must be a Splunk platform administrator to install and set up Splunk Business Flow on your Splunk platform deployment.
Browser	Splunk Business Flow supports the latest versions of Chrome, Firefox, and Internet Explorer 11.
Internet connectivity	The search head and browser must be connected to the internet to use Splunk Business Flow. You can customize proxy settings in the sbf.conf file to enable Splunk business Flow (SBF) to use your proxy.
Hardware	See Reference hardware in the Splunk Enterprise Capacity Planning manual.

Install Splunk Business Flow on a single-instance deployment of Splunk Enterprise

Follow these steps to install Splunk Business Flow on a single-instance Splunk Enterprise deployment.

1. Download the app from Splunkbase using your entitlement account.
2. Untar the downloaded file in the $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/apps directory on *nix or %SPLUNK_HOME%\etc\apps directory on Windows.
3. Restart Splunk Enterprise.

Install Splunk Business Flow in a distributed search deployment

In a distributed deployment, install Splunk Business Flow on your search heads or search head cluster only.

For unclustered search heads, follow the same procedure as a single-instance deployment:

1. Download the app from Splunkbase using your entitlement account.
2. Untar the downloaded file in the $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/apps directory of your search head on *nix or %SPLUNK_HOME%\etc\apps directory of your search head on Windows.
3. Restart the search head.

For a search head cluster, use the configuration bundle method to distribute the app to your cluster members. See Deploy a configuration bundle in the Splunk Enterprise Distributed Search manual.

Install Splunk Business Flow on Splunk Cloud

You can install SBF on Splunk Cloud through Splunkbase on a single search head or search head cluster. If you install SBF on a Splunk Cloud search head cluster, you need Splunk Cloud version 7.1 or higher.

Follow these steps to install Splunk Business Flow on Splunk Cloud:

1. In your Splunk Cloud deployment, click the gear icon.
2. Click Install apps.
3. Type Splunk Business Flow in the search bar.
4. Click Install on the Splunk Business Flow app.
5. Click Continue.
6. Enter your splunk.com username and password.
7. Click "Login and Install".