How do we acquire license for cloud servers ? Is the license file that we use in cloud infrastructure any different from the license file that we use in Splunk enterprise in-house infrastructure ?

[RaghavendraCK]

How do we acquire license for cloud servers? Is the license file that we use in cloud infrastructure any different from the license file that we use in Splunk enterprise in-house infrastructure?

[yannK]

Please distinguish :
- splunkcloud as a service, that is hosted on Amazon and is managed/deployed for you, in which the splunk license is included in the price and not accessible to the user.
- regular Splunk enterprise/hunk etc.. deployed by you on a server that happen to be in the cloud, in this case you will need to buy a license, or link the indexers to an existing license-master if you already have one,

[esix_splunk]

Part of the provisioning of your Cloud Instances will include installation of the proper license.

Cloud instances use the same method for license, a license master. The licenses are different.

If you dont have an on premise LM, your sales rep should provide a license to install on your HF instances if you need to run a DS.

[hrottenberg_spl]

@esix is correct however since his answer, the process has changed. You can open a regular support case to obtain a license specifically for on-premises infrastructure such as deployment servers or HF in the case that you do need a license. (UF's do not need a separate license.)