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Splunk App for VMware: How do you install the app on Windows 2012 R2 server?

learylike704
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Hello,
So unfortunately being a windows guy I have installed splunk on a windows 2012 r2 server and works great. However when I go to the apps store and try to download the splunk app for vmware it keeps failing. If I download it manually it comes in a .zip format and all videos and documentation tell me to just unzip the contents and put them in the "$SPLUNKHOME" directory. Now if I try and manually install the app using the app manager it of course is looking for a .spl or tar.gz which of course is not the .zip format. Any suggestions would be appreciated or if there are any documents/videos outlining how to do this for a windows based install that would be great. I do see there is an .ova as part of the .zip package so do I just need to install that into my vmware environment and point back to the windows box? Thanks in advance

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mgildenhorn_spl
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

Hi there. Unfortunately, Splunk App for VMware is not supported on Windows Platforms

http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/VMW/3.1.2/Installation/Platformandhardwarerequirements

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mgildenhorn_spl
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

Hi there. Unfortunately, Splunk App for VMware is not supported on Windows Platforms

http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/VMW/3.1.2/Installation/Platformandhardwarerequirements

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