Upgrade the Machine Learning Toolkit

The Machine Learning Toolkit (MLTK) releases new features and enhancements regularly. Refer to this document to learn how to keep your iteration of the MLTK up to date, as well as of any release related dependencies.

To learn about the latest MLTK features and enhancements, see What's new.

Requirements

Running version 5.0.0 or above of the MLTK requires Splunk Enterprise 8.0 or Splunk Cloud Platform. The Splunk Machine Learning Toolkit requires the Python for Scientific Computing (PSC) add-on. Version 5.0 or above of the MLTK requires version 2.0 of the Python for Scientific Computing add-on. Version 2.0 of the Python for Scientific Computing add-on uses Python 3.

In order to save models, users need the upload_lookup_files capability included in their role.

Specific version dependencies

For version information that includes MLTK, the PSC add-on, Python, and Splunk Enterprise, see Machine Learning Toolkit version dependencies matrix.

If you have any custom algorithms that rely on the PSC libraries, upgrading the PSC library add-on will impact those algorithms. You must re-train any models (re-run the search that used the fit command) using those algorithms after you upgrade the PSC add-on.

MLTK Version	PSC Version
5.1.0	2.0.0, 2.0.1, or 2.0.2
5.0.0	2.0.0, 2.0.1, or 2.0.2
4.4.2	1.3 or 1.4
4.4.1	1.3 or 1.4
4.4.0	1.3 or 1.4
4.3.0	1.3 or 1.4
4.2.0	1.3 or 1.4
4.1.0	1.3
4.0.0	1.3
3.4.0	1.3
3.3.0	1.2 or 1.3
3.2.0	1.2 or 1.3
3.1.0	1.2

Versions 2.0.2 and 2.0.1 of the PSC add-on are limited to minor library upgrades from version 2.0.0. There are no differences in functionality to version 2.0.0 of the PSC add-on.

Any algorithms that have been imported from the Python for Scientific Computing add-on into the Machine Learning Toolkit are overwritten when the MLTK app is updated to a new version. Prior to upgrading the MLTK , save your custom algorithms and re-import them manually after the upgrade.
Algorithms are stored in $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/apps/Splunk_ML_Toolkit/bin/algos on Unix-based systems and %SPLUNK_HOME%\etc\apps\Splunk_ML_Toolkit\bin\algos on Windows systems.

Splunk Cloud Platform deployments

For Splunk Cloud Platform trial, self-service Splunk Cloud Platform, or Managed Splunk Cloud Platform, open a ticket with support and request the Python for Scientific Computing add-on and Machine Learning Toolkit app be upgraded to the latest version for you.

Splunk Enterprise single instance deployments

Follow these directions for single instance deployments.

Upgrade the Splunk Machine Learning Toolkit app on your single instance Splunk Enterprise

If a newer version of the Python for Scientific Computing add-on is required for the newer version of the Splunk Machine Learning Toolkit, a message will display when you run the Splunk Machine Learning Toolkit after the upgrade instructing you to install a newer version of the Python for Scientific Computing add-on.

Update an app or add-on in Splunk Web

In Splunk Web, click the Update option on the app icon in the left-hand Apps bar.
The Update option appears when a new version of an app is available on Splunkbase.

Alternatively, you can do the following:

1. Download the latest version of the app from Splunkbase.
2. In Splunk Web, click on the gear icon next to Apps in the left navigation bar.
3. On the Apps page, click Install app from file.
4. Click Choose File, navigate to and select the package file for the app or add-on, then click Open.
5. Check the Upgrade app box.
6. Click Upload.

Update an existing app on your Splunk instance using the CLI

Run the command line that corresponds to your operating system.

Operating system	Command line
Unix/Linux	./splunk install app <app_package_filename> -update 1 -auth <username>:<password>
Windows	splunk install app <app_package_filename> -update 1 -auth <username>:<password>

Alternatively, unpack/unzip the file then copy the app directory to $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/apps on Unix based systems or %SPLUNK_HOME%\etc\apps on Windows systems.

Splunk Enterprise distributed deployments

In a distributed deployment of Splunk Enterprise, update the Splunk Machine Learning Toolkit, and Python for Scientific Computing add-on if necessary, on every Splunk instance where the application is installed. The Python for Scientific Computing and the Splunk Machine Learning Toolkit should be installed on all search heads where the Splunk Machine Learning Toolkit is used.