
System requirements for Splunk Light
This topic defines the computing requirements for running Splunk Light.
Hardware requirements
The following are the minimum and recommended hardware requirements for running Splunk Light.
Platform | Minimum supported hardware | Recommended hardware |
---|---|---|
Non-Windows platforms | 1x1.4 GHz CPU, 1 GB RAM | 2x six-core, 2+ GHz CPU, 12 GB RAM, Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) 0 or 1+0, with a 64 bit OS installed. |
Windows platforms | Intel Nehalem CPU or equivalent at 2 GHz, 2 GB RAM | 2x six-core, 2+ GHz CPU, 12 GB RAM, Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) 0 or 1+0, with a 64 bit OS installed. |
Operating system support
The following tables list the computing platforms (operating system and architecture) supported by Splunk Light and the Universal Forwarder, including *nix and Windows operating systems.
Unix operating systems
Unix operating system | Architecture | Splunk Light | Universal Forwarder |
---|---|---|---|
Linux, 2.6 and later | x86 (64-bit) | X | X |
Mac OS X 10.11. 10.12, and 10.13 | Intel | X | X |
Windows operating systems
Windows operating system | Architecture | Splunk Light | Universal Forwarder |
---|---|---|---|
Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 | x86 (64-bit) | D | |
Windows Server 2012, Server 2012 R2, and Server 2016 | x86 (64-bit) | X | X |
Windows 8.1 and 10 | x86 (64-bit) | X | X |
x86 (32-bit) | X | X | |
Windows 8 | x86 (64-bit) | D |
X indicates software is available for this platform.
D indicates deprecated. Support for this platform might be removed in a future release.
An empty box indicates software is not supported for this platform.
File system support
Splunk Light supports the following file systems.
Platform | File systems |
---|---|
Windows | NTFS and FAT32 |
Mac OS X | HFS and NFS 3/4 |
Linux | ext2, ext3, ext4, btrfs, XFS, and NFS 3/4 |
Browser support
Splunk Light supports the following browsers.
Browser | Versions |
---|---|
Firefox | Latest |
Internet Explorer | 11 |
Safari | Latest |
Chrome | Latest |
NEXT Install Splunk Light using Windows |
This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk® Light (Legacy): 7.0.0, 7.0.1, 7.0.2, 7.0.3
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