Install the Splunk Add-on for Kubernetes

1. Get the Splunk Add-on for Kubernetes by downloading it from https://splunkbase.splunk.com/app/3991 or browsing to it using the app browser within Splunk Web.
2. Determine where and how to install this add-on in your deployment, using the tables on this page.
3. Perform any prerequisite steps before installing, if required, and specified in the tables below.
4. Complete your installation.

Distributed deployments

Use the tables below to determine where and how to install this add-on in a distributed deployment of Splunk Enterprise or any deployment for which you are using forwarders to get your data in. Depending on your environment, your preferences, and the requirements of the add-on, you may need to install the add-on in multiple places.

Where to install this add-on

Unless otherwise noted, all supported add-ons can be safely installed to all tiers of a distributed Splunk platform deployment. See Where to install Splunk add-ons in Splunk Add-ons for more information.

This table provides a reference for installing this specific add-on to a distributed deployment of the Splunk platform.

Splunk platform instance type	Supported	Required	Actions required / Comments
Search Heads	Yes	Yes	Installed on search heads where Splunk Connect for Kubernetes is installed.
Indexers	No	No	Indexers will process data sent from Kubernetes via Splunk Connect for Kubernetes and the Splunk Add-on for Kubernetes as normal data.
Heavy Forwarders	No	No	Splunk Connect for Kubernetes and Splunk Add-on for Kubernetes collect log and metrics data from your Kubernetes containers.
Universal Forwarders	No	No	Splunk Connect for Kubernetes and Splunk Add-on for Kubernetes collect log and metrics data from your Kubernetes containers.

Distributed deployment feature compatibility

This table describes the compatibility of this add-on with Splunk distributed deployment features.

Distributed deployment feature	Supported	Actions required
Search Head Clusters	Yes	Make sure Splunk Connect for Kubernetes is installed on each search head that you want to use to collect data and send it to an indexer. You can install the Splunk Add-on for Kubernetes with any search head that has Splunk Connect for Kubernetes installed.
Indexer Clusters	No	No actions required.\
Deployment Server	No	No actions required

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