Hardware and software requirements for the Splunk Add-on for NGINX

Splunk admin requirements

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

NGINX setup requirements

You must have administrative privileges on the NGINX server to configure NGINX logging.

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 in the Splunk Enterprise Installation Manual.
• If you are managing on-premises forwarders to get data into Splunk Cloud, see System Requirements in the Splunk Enterprise Installation Manual, which includes information about forwarders.