Download Splunk Enterprise Security

After purchasing Splunk Enterprise Security, you can download the app from Splunkbase.

Prerequisites

• Review the Splunk platform requirements for Splunk Enterprise Security. See Deployment planning.
• If a deployment server manages any of the apps or add-ons included with Splunk Enterprise Security, remove the deploymentclient.conf file that contains references to the deployment server and restart Splunk services. If you do not do this, the installation will not complete.
• Your user account must have the admin role and the edit_local_apps capability. The admin role is assigned that capability by default.
• Approximately 3 GB of free space is required in the /tmp/ directory for the installation or upgrade to complete. When installing or upgrading an app through either the CLI or Splunk Web UI, the /tmp/ directory is used during the process.

Download Splunk Enterprise Security

Follow these steps to download Splunk Enterprise Security:

1. Log in to splunk.com with your Splunk.com user name and password.
2. Download the latest Splunk Enterprise Security product.
3. Select Download and save the Splunk Enterprise Security product file to your desktop.
4. Log in to the search head as an administrator.

See also

For more information on Splunk Enterprise Security licensing and deployment considerations, see the product documentation:

• Licensing for Splunk Enterprise Security in the Use Splunk Enterprise Security manual
• Deployment considerations for Splunk Enterprise Security
• Minimum specifications for a production deployment
• Configure users and roles in Splunk Enterprise Security