Installation instructions

Note: Splunk Enterprise version 9.0 will no longer be supported as of June 14, 2024. See the Splunk Software Support Policy for details. For information about upgrading to a supported version, see How to upgrade Splunk Enterprise.

Use a link below for instructions to install Splunk Enterprise on your operating system:

Note: There is support for Linux kernel versions 3.0 and higher only.

To use a containerized instance of Splunk Enterprise, see:

Splunk Enterprise for macOS 10.14 and 10.15 is available when using a free or trial license:

Splunk Enterprise availability has been removed for some operating systems

Splunk Enterprise support was removed for these platforms, but a universal forwarder package is available:

  • Solaris
  • FreeBSD
  • AIX

For a list of supported operating systems and versions for this release version, see Supported Operating Systems.