Steps to configure the Amazon Kinesis Firehose on a distributed Splunk Enterprise deployment

Follow these steps to use the Amazon Kinesis Firehose on a distributed deployment of Splunk Enterprise. If you are not on a distributed Splunk Enterprise deployment, see Configuration for the Amazon Kinesis Firehose to find the instructions that match your Splunk platform deployment type.

1. Select and prepare your distributed Splunk Enterprise deployment for the Splunk Add-on for Amazon Web Services.
2. If your indexers are in an AWS virtual private cloud, Configure an Elastic Load Balancer for the Splunk Add-on for Amazon Web Services.
3. Install the Splunk Add-on for Amazon Web Services on a distributed deployment of Splunk Enterprise.
4. Configure HTTP Event Collector for the Splunk Add-on for Amazon Web Services on a distributed Splunk Enterprise deployment.
5. Configure Amazon Kinesis Firehose to send data to the Splunk platform.