Splunk® Supported Add-ons

Splunk Add-on for Symantec Endpoint Protection

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Install the Splunk Add-on for Symantec Endpoint Protection

  1. Get the Splunk Add-on for Symantec Endpoint Protection by downloading it from https://splunkbase.splunk.com/app/2772/ 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 tables on this page.
  3. Perform any prerequisite steps before installing, if required and specified in the tables below.
  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 deployments

Use the tables below 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 Symantec Endpoint Protection knowledge management is required.
If you want to automatically update the malware categories lookup file with the latest list of threats from Symantec, you also need to perform the add-on setup on the search heads.
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 Any kind of forwarder can be used. Forwarder must be installed directly on the server running Symantec Endpoint Protection in order to monitor dump files.
Universal Forwarders

Distributed deployment feature compatibility

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

Distributed deployment feature Supported Actions required
Search Head Clusters Yes Search head clusters are supported only if you are using Splunk platform version 6.3.0 or later. You can install this add-on on a search head cluster for all search-time functionality.
If you want to automatically update the malware categories lookup file with the latest list of threats from Symantec, you also need to perform the add-on setup on the search head cluster members.
Indexer Clusters Yes
Deployment Server Yes Supported for deploying the configured add-on.

Installation walkthroughs

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 09 January, 2023
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