Requirements

Proactive Splunk component monitoring has the following requirements and limitations.

Splunk Enterprise version requirements

Proactive Splunk component monitoring requires Splunk Enterprise version 7.1 or higher.

Operating system and browser requirements

Proactive Splunk component monitoring is available on all operating systems supported by Splunk Enterprise. For a list of supported operating systems and browsers, see System requirements in the Installation Manual.

REST endpoint access requirements

Proactive Splunk component monitoring displays information from the server/health/splunkd endpoint. You can view this information in the splunkd health report in Splunk Web.

To query the server/health/splunkd endpoint directly requires access to the splunkd management port (default port 8089) over http. For more information, see Connecting to splunkd in the REST API User Manual.

For endpoint details, see server/health/splunkd in the REST API Reference Manual.