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:

• single-instance Splunk Enterprise
• distributed Splunk Enterprise
• Splunk Cloud

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.