Install the Splunk Add-on for Cisco WSA

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, or Splunk Cloud.

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 Cisco WSA knowledge management is required.
Indexers	Yes	Conditional	Not required if you use heavy forwarders to monitor Cisco WSA logs. Required if you use universal forwarders to monitor Cisco WSA logs.
Heavy Forwarders	Yes	No	If installed on heavy forwarders, it does not need to be installed on indexers.
Universal Forwarders	Yes	No	You must also install this add-on on your indexers if you use a universal forwarder rather than a heavy forwarder to monitor Cisco WSA logs.

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, but only configure inputs on a forwarder to avoid duplicate data collection. Before installing this add-on to a cluster, make the following changes to the add-on package: 1. Remove the eventgen.conf files and all files in the Samples folder 2. Remove the inputs.conf file.
Indexer Clusters	Yes	Before installing this add-on to a cluster, make the following changes to the add-on package: 1. Remove the eventgen.conf files and all files in the Samples folder 2. Remove the inputs.conf file.
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