Install the Splunk Add-on for Windows

Install the Splunk Add-on for Windows:

1. Determine where and how to install this add-on in your deployment, using the tables on this page.
2. Perform any prerequisite steps before installing, if required and specified in the tables on this page.
3. Complete your installation.

If you need step-by-step instructions on how to install an add-on in your specific deployment environment, see the installation walkthroughs section at the bottom of this page for links to installation instructions specific to a single-instance deployment, distributed deployment, Splunk Cloud, or Splunk Light.

Distributed deployments

Use the tables below to determine where and how to install this add-on in a distributed deployment of Splunk Enterprise or any deployment for which you are using forwarders to get your data in. Depending on your environment, your preferences, and the requirements of the add-on, you may need to install the add-on in multiple places.

Where to install this add-on

Unless otherwise noted, all supported add-ons can be safely installed to all tiers of a distributed Splunk platform 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 deployment of the Splunk platform.

Splunk instance type	Supported	Required	Comments
Search Heads	Yes	Yes	Install this add-on to all search heads where Windows knowledge management is required.
Indexers	Yes	Conditional	Not required if you use heavy forwarders to collect data. Required if you use universal forwarders to collect data.
Heavy Forwarders	Yes	See comments	This add-on supports forwarders of any type for data collection. The host must run on a supported version of Windows.
Universal Forwarders	Yes	See comments

Distributed deployment feature compatibility

This table describes the compatibility of this add-on with Splunk distributed deployment features.

Distributed deployment feature	Supported	Comments
Search Head Clusters	Yes	You can install this add-on on a search head cluster for all search-time functionality, but configure inputs on forwarders to avoid duplicate data collection. Before you install this add-on to a cluster, make the following changes to the add-on package: Remove the inputs.conf file.
Indexer Clusters	Yes	To get data from an indexer cluster member, install the add-on into that member.
Deployment Server	Yes	Supported for deploying the configured add-on to multiple nodes.

Installation walkthroughs

The Splunk Add-Ons manual includes an Installing add-ons guide that helps you successfully install any Splunk-supported add-on to your Splunk platform.

For a walkthrough of the installation procedure, follow the link that matches your deployment scenario:

• Single-instance Splunk Enterprise
• Distributed Splunk Enterprise
• Splunk Cloud
• Splunk Light