Install the Splunk Add-on for Jira Cloud

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 Jira Cloud knowledge management is required.
Indexers	Yes	No	Not required because parsing operations occur on the heavy forwarders.
Heavy Forwarders	Yes	Yes	Install this add-on on heavy forwarders to perform data collection using modular inputs.
Universal Forwarders	No	No	Install this add-on on a heavy forwarder for data collection.

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 on forwarders to avoid duplicate data collection.
Indexer Clusters	Yes
Deployment Server	No	Supported for deploying unconfigured add-on only. Using a deployment server to deploy the configured add-on to multiple forwarders acting as data collectors causes data duplication. The add-on uses the credential vault to secure your credentials; this credential management solution is incompatible with the deployment server.

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