Splunk® Add-on for Windows

Deploy and Use the Splunk Add-on for Windows

This documentation does not apply to the most recent version of Splunk® Add-on for Windows. For documentation on the most recent version, go to the latest release.

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, or Splunk Cloud.

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:

Last modified on 24 February, 2021
Installation and configuration overview for the Splunk Add-on for Windows   Install the Splunk Add-on for Windows with Forwarder Management

This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk® Add-on for Windows: 8.1.1

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