Splunk® Enterprise

Add McAfee data: Distributed deployment with indexer clustering

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Install DB Connect on your heavy forwarder

Perform the following tasks to install DB Connect on your heavy forwarder.

Prepare the Splunk Add-on package for installation

Before you deploy the Splunk Add-on, modify the add-on package:

  • Remove the eventgen.conf files.
  • Remove all files in the samples folder.
  • Remove the inputs.conf file.
  • Remove the inputs.conf.spec file.
  1. Download the add-on from Splunkbase.
  2. Extract the add-on.
  3. Place the resulting Splunk_TA_<add-on_name> folder in the $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/apps directory on your heavy forwarder.
  4. Restart the heavy forwarder using the command splunk restart.
Last modified on 14 April, 2020
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This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk® Enterprise: 7.2.0, 7.2.1, 7.2.2, 7.2.3, 7.2.4, 7.2.5, 7.2.6, 7.2.7, 7.2.8, 7.2.9, 7.2.10, 7.3.0, 7.3.1, 7.3.2, 7.3.3, 7.3.4, 7.3.5, 7.3.6, 7.3.7, 7.3.8, 7.3.9, 8.0.0, 8.0.1, 8.0.2, 8.0.3, 8.0.4, 8.0.5, 8.0.6, 8.0.7, 8.0.8, 8.0.9, 8.0.10


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