Pre-requisites¶
Splunk requirements¶
Compatibility matrix:
Metricator for Nmon stack | Major version branch |
---|---|
Splunk Universal Forwarder 6.x, 7.x | Version 1.x |
Technical Add-on requirements¶
Operating system¶
The Technical Add-on is compatible with:
- Linux OS X86 in 32/64 bits, PowerPC (PowerLinux), s390x (ZLinux), ARM
- IBM AIX 7.1 and 7.2
- Oracle Solaris 11
Third party software and libraries¶
To operate as expected, the Technical Add-ons requires a Python OR a Perl environment available on the server:
Python environment: used in priority
Requirement | Version |
---|---|
Python interpreter | 2.7.x |
Perl environment: used only in fallback
Requirement | Version |
---|---|
Perl interpreter | 5.x |
Time::HiRes module | any |
In addition, the Technical Addon requires:
Requirement | Version |
---|---|
curl | Any |
Notes:
- IBM AIX does not generally contain Python. Nevertheless, Perl is available as a standard. More, Time::HiRes is part of Perl core modules.
- Modern Linux distribution generally have Python version 2.7.x available and do not require any further action.
- Linux distributions lacking Python will fallback to Perl and must satisfy the Perl modules requirements.
- If running on a full Splunk instance (any Splunk dedicated machine running Splunk Enterprise), the Technical Add-on uses Splunk built-in Python interpreter.