Install the Splunk Add-on for Apache Web Server

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 that require Apache Web Server management.
Indexers	Yes	Conditional	Not required if you use heavy forwarders to monitor Apache Web Server log. Required if you use universal or light forwarders to monitor Apache Web Server log output.
Heavy Forwarders	Yes	No	Use any kind of forwarder.
Universal Forwarders	Yes	No	Use any kind of forwarder.
Light Forwarders	Yes	No	Use any kind of forwarder.

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. Before installing this add-on to a cluster, remove the eventgen.conf file and all files in the Samples folder.
Indexer Clusters	Yes	You can install this add-on on a indexer cluster for all index-time functionality. Before installing this add-on to a cluster, remove the eventgen.conf file and all files in the Samples folder.
Deployment Server	Yes	You can use deployment server to deploy the configured add-on to forwarders. Before distributing this add-on to your forwarders, remove the eventgen.conf file and all files in the Samples folder.