Install the Splunk Add-on for CyberArk

Use the tables in this topic 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 CyberArk knowledge management is required.
Indexers	Yes	No	Not required, because this add-on does not include any index-time operations.
Heavy Forwarders	Yes	No	All forwarder types are supported.
Universal Forwarders	Yes	No	All forwarder types are supported.

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 configure inputs only on a forwarder to avoid duplicate data collection. Before installing this add-on to a cluster, remove the eventgen.conf file and all files in the Samples folder.
Indexer Clusters	Yes	Before installing this add-on to a cluster, remove the eventgen.conf file and all files in the Samples folder.
Deployment Server	Yes	Supported for deploying configured add-on to your forwarder.

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