Install the Splunk Add-on for Carbon Black

Use the tables below to determine where and how to install this add-on in a distributed deployment of Splunk Enterprise. See the installation walkthrough section at the bottom of this page for links to installation instructions specific to a single-instance deployment, distributed deployment, Splunk Cloud, or Splunk Light.

Distributed installation of 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 Carbon Black knowledge management is required.
Indexers	Yes	Conditional	Not required if you use heavy forwarders to monitor Carbon Black data. Required if you use universal or light forwarders to collect data.
Heavy Forwarders	Yes	See comments	This add-on supports forwarders of any type for data collection. If installed on heavy forwarders, does not need to be installed on indexers.
Universal Forwarders	Yes	See comments	This add-on supports forwarders of any type for data collection. You must also install this add-on on your indexers if you use a universal forwarder rather than a heavy forwarder to monitor Bit9 Carbon Black output.

Distributed deployment 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. You can only configure inputs on a forwarder to avoid duplicate data collection.
Indexer Clusters	Yes
Deployment Server	Yes	Supported for deploying the configured add-on.

Installation walkthrough

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