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Hardware and software requirements for the Splunk Add-on for Salesforce

Check what are the Splunk admin and Splunk platform requirements for the Splunk Add-on for Salesforce.

Prerequisites

The KV Store must be running because Splunk Add-on for Salesforce uses the KV Store service in data collection.

Splunk admin requirements

To install and configure the Splunk Add-on for Salesforce, you must be a member of the admin or sc_admin role.

Splunk platform requirements

Because this add-on runs on the Splunk platform, all of the system requirements apply for the Splunk software that you use to run this add-on.

  • For Splunk Enterprise system requirements, see System Requirements in the Splunk Enterprise Installation Manual.
  • If you manage on-premises forwarders to get data into Splunk Cloud, see System Requirements in the Splunk Enterprise Installation Manual, which includes information about forwarders.