topic Re: Splunk Add-on for Microsoft Windows installed on Linux server. in Splunk Enterprise

Splunk Add-on for Microsoft Windows installed on Linux server.

sswigart — Tue, 15 Jul 2025 20:11:55 GMT

I am standing up a Linux server to host Splunk Enterprise 9.4.3.

I have 30+ windows hosts. Can I upload Splunk Add-on for Microsoft Windows and use it to config the windows hosts even though the server is running on a Linux host?

Thank you

Re: Splunk Add-on for Microsoft Windows installed on Linux server.

livehybrid — Tue, 15 Jul 2025 21:15:09 GMT

Hi @sswigart

Just to clarify, do you intend to use the Linux host as a Deployment Server for your Windows servers? If so, yes, this will not be a problem, the Deployment Server (DS) can be used to deploy to Linux and Windows hosts.

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Re: Splunk Add-on for Microsoft Windows installed on Linux server.

PrewinThomas — Wed, 16 Jul 2025 04:43:07 GMT

@sswigart

As mentioned by @livehybrid
Even though your Splunk server is Linux-based, it can still act as a Deployment Server to push the add-on to Windows hosts running Universal Forwarders

You can refer here #https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/MSApp/2.0.4/MSInfra/Setupadeploymentserver

Regards,
Prewin
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Re: Splunk Add-on for Microsoft Windows installed on Linux server.

sswigart — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 12:36:14 GMT

Thank you for your advice.

Re: Splunk Add-on for Microsoft Windows installed on Linux server.

sswigart — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 12:36:53 GMT

Thank you for your advice!