Deploy DB Connect to Splunk Cloud Platform Classic Experience

If you want to deploy DB Connect to Splunk Cloud Platform, contact Splunk Support for guidance and assistance. You cannot deploy DB Connect yourself because you cannot configure network access to databases on your Splunk Cloud Platform instance.

You cannot install Splunk DB Connect directly on search heads in a Splunk Cloud Classic environment because modular inputs are deactivated on Splunk Cloud Classic search heads. Install the app on an Input Data Manager (IDM) instead. See Install an add-on in Splunk Cloud Platform for details.