How to install or upgrade to this release of Splunk UBA

Splunk UBA 5.4.0 is a platform release that includes both feature enhancements and fixed issues:

• See Welcome to Splunk UBA 5.4.0 in the Splunk User Behavior Analytics Release Notes manual for a summary of new features and enhancements.
• See Fixed Issues in Splunk UBA in the Splunk User Behavior Analytics Release Notes manual for a summary of the issues fixed in this release.

Installing Splunk UBA on hardened operating systems is not supported.

Install or upgrade to this release of Splunk UBA

See the following table for information on how to install or upgrade to this release of Splunk UBA.

Splunk UBA version 5.3.0 and higher for AMI requires Ubuntu version 20.04. Installing Splunk UBA version 5.4.0 for AMI will be available 30 days after the general release of version 5.4.0.

Your current deployment	Your operating system	How to get Splunk UBA 5.4.0
You are running Splunk UBA 5.3.0	Any	Upgrade to Splunk UBA version 5.4.0.
You are running Splunk UBA 5.2.0 or 5.2.1	Any	Upgrade to Splunk UBA version 5.4.0.
You are running Splunk UBA 5.1.0 or 5.1.0.1.	Any	Upgrade to Splunk UBA version 5.2.0 or 5.3.0 and then upgrade to version 5.4.0.
You are running Splunk UBA 5.0.5 or 5.0.5.1	Any	Upgrade to Splunk UBA version 5.1.0 and then upgrade to version 5.2.0 or 5.3.0, and then upgrade to version 5.4.0.
You are running a Splunk UBA release lower than 5.0.5	RHEL OEL	Upgrade to Splunk UBA 5.0.5. See Upgrade Splunk UBA prerequisites in the Splunk UBA 5.0.5 documentation for instructions. Upgrade to Splunk UBA 5.1.0. See Upgrade Splunk UBA prerequisites in the Splunk UBA 5.1.0 documentation for instructions. Upgrade to Splunk UBA 5.2.0 or 5.3.0. See Upgrade Splunk UBA prerequisites in Splunk UBA 5.2.0 documentation or Upgrade Splunk UBA prerequisites in Splunk UBA 5.3.0 documentation for instructions. Upgrade to Splunk UBA 5.4.0.
	AMI or OVA	Upgrade to Splunk UBA 5.0.5. See Upgrade Splunk UBA prerequisites in the Splunk UBA 5.0.5 documentation for instructions. Upgrade to Splunk UBA 5.1.0. See Upgrade Splunk UBA prerequisites in the Splunk UBA 5.1.0 documentation for instructions. Upgrade to Splunk UBA 5.2.0 or 5.3.0. See Upgrade Splunk UBA prerequisites in Splunk UBA 5.2.0 documentation or Upgrade Splunk UBA prerequisites in Splunk UBA 5.3.0 documentation for instructions. Upgrade to Splunk UBA 5.4.0.
You are deploying Splunk UBA for the first time	RHEL OEL	Review the instructions in the Splunk UBA installation checklist. Select your deployment type and follow the instructions to Install Splunk User Behavior Analytics.
	AMI	The AMI 5.4.0 install options become available 30 days after the general release of version 5.4.0. Review the instructions in the Splunk UBA installation checklist. Select your deployment type and follow the instructions to Install Splunk User Behavior Analytics.

If you are running a Splunk UBA version lower than 5.0.0, you must first upgrade to version 5.0.0, then upgrade to version 5.0.5, then upgrade to version 5.1.0, then to version 5.2.0 or 5.3.0, and then upgrade to version 5.4.0.