Sidecar Proxy configuration in AWS instances

[splunklearner]

We are trying to on-board Akamai logs to Splunk. Installed the add-on. Here it is asking for proxy server and proxy host. I am not sure what these means? Our splunk instances are hosted on AWS and instances are refreshed every 45 days due to compliance and these are not exposed to internet (internal).

Spoke with internal team and they said to use Sidecar Proxy on our splunk instances hosted on AWS.

How to create and configure sidecar proxy server here? Please guide me. 

This is the app installed - https://splunkbase.splunk.com/app/4310

[VatsalJagani]

@splunklearner- If your Splunk cannot reach and collect the Akamai logs directly that means your Splunk machine don't have direct internet connectivity and it needs to use some kind of proxy.

Regardless of whether its a sidecar proxy or whatever, you can just ask the team for the proxy details & configure inside the Add-on configuration for the Add-on to use it to reach to the right destination.