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Splunk Software

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To obtain the Splunk software for your data server, get along to the Splunk web site and sign up for an account if you don’t already have one: https://www.splunk.com/en_us/download/splunk-enterprise.html

Once you’re logged in to the Splunk site, you’ll have a number of OS options to choose from (supported platforms can be viewed here). There are options for Windows, Linux & Mac OS:

(Note: the version of Splunk you can download will likely be different to the version shown below - choose the latest version of 8.x)

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Once you've hit the download button for your OS choice, the Splunk Enterprise software chosen will start to download to your local machine, ready for installation.

It’s worth checking the download page to see if there are further download options. If you check the graphic below, you can see there is a “Download via Command Line (wget)” option, which can be a much easier way to get the code directly on to your server.

The options you will see here will vary between OS selections:

(Note: the version of Splunk you can download will likely be different to the version shown below - choose the latest version of 8.x)

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Last update: July 13, 2020