Install Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring Add-on

1. Get Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring Add-on by downloading it from Splunkbase 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

Unless otherwise noted, you can safely install all supported add-ons to all tiers of a distributed Splunk Enterprise or Splunk Cloud 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 on-premises deployment of Splunk Enterprise or Splunk Cloud:

Splunk component	Required	Comments
Search heads	Yes	Required to use the custom search commands available with the add-on.
Indexers	Yes	This add-on creates an index called sim_metrics so it must be installed on indexers. The index doesn't count towards your Splunk license charges.
Forwarders	No	This add-on requires heavy forwarders if you want to perform data collection through modular inputs. For more information, see Configure inputs in the Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring Add-on.