The Splunk App for Stream provides forwarder/data collection management for Splunk Add-on for Stream Forwarders as well as deployment and management of the Splunk Independent Stream Forwarder (packaged inside this app). The Splunk App for Stream also contains several dashboards for common Stream data sources as well as tools for understanding and estimating the volume of Stream data that is collected.
The Splunk App for Stream is only installed on Search Heads or wherever forwarder management is performed.
Before the 7.3 release this package was shipped with the Splunk Add-on for Stream Forwarders (Splunk_TA_stream). This app has been broken into the following packages:
Splunk App for Stream (https://splunkbase.splunk.com/app/1809): Forwarder management, dashboards, calculators and admin tools
Splunk Add-on for Stream Wire Data (https://splunkbase.splunk.com/app/5234): Knowledge objects for parsing Stream data for use by users. Installed on Indexers and Search Heads.
Splunk Add-on for Stream Forwarders (https://splunkbase.splunk.com/app/5238): Network data collection tools for capturing network data, interpreting protocols, extracting custom fields and sending to Splunk. Installed on Splunk Universal or Heavy Forwarders.
Please see migration steps for moving from 7.2 to 7.3 in the Stream doumentation to prepare for this migraiton:
For first time installs follow the Stream installation docs:
https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/StreamApp/7.4.0/DeployStreamApp/Streampackages
Version 8.1.3
May 31, 2024
Please see the release notes here -
https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/StreamApp/8.1.3/ReleaseNotes
Version 8.1.1
May. 22, 2023
Please see the release notes here -
https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/StreamApp/8.1.1/ReleaseNotes
Please see the release notes here -
https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/StreamApp/7.2.0/ReleaseNotes/NewFeatures
As a Splunkbase app developer, you will have access to all Splunk development resources and receive a 10GB license to build an app that will help solve use cases for customers all over the world. Splunkbase has 1000+ apps from Splunk, our partners and our community. Find an app for most any data source and user need, or simply create your own with help from our developer portal.