Hardware and software requirements for the Splunk Add-on for Citrix NetScaler

To install and configure the Splunk Add-on for Citrix NetScaler, you must be a member of the admin or sc_admin role.

Data collection dependencies

The Splunk Add-on for Citrix NetScaler supports multiple data inputs, each capable of collecting different data from your Citrix NetScaler appliances. For more information about which kind of data you can collect with which input, see Source types for the Splunk Add-on for Citrix NetScaler.

If you want to collect data using the IPFIX protocol, see Configure Citrix NetScaler to produce data via IPFIX or syslog.

Sizing guidelines

The Splunk Add-on for Citrix NetScaler uses a multiple thread and multiple process design. It can collect data from up to 15 NetScaler appliances on an 8-core machine with 8 GB of memory.

Splunk platform requirements

Because this add-on runs on the Splunk platform, all of the system requirements apply for the Splunk software that you use to run this add-on.

• For Splunk Enterprise system requirements: see System requirements for use of Splunk Enterprise on-premises in the Splunk Enterprise Installation Manual.
• If you are managing on-premises forwarders to get data into Splunk Cloud, see System requirements for use of Splunk Enterprise on-premises in the Splunk Enterprise Installation Manual, which includes information about forwarders.

The field alias functionality is compatible with the current version of this add-on. The current version of this add-on does not support older field alias configurations.

For more information about the field alias configuration change, see Field alias behavior change in the Splunk Enterprise Release Notes.