Splunk is an enterprise software that makes machine data accessible, usable and valuable to anyone. Splunk makes it simple to collect, analyse, and act upon the value of the data generated by an enterprise’s technology infrastructure. Splunk helps users turn machine data into operational intelligence.

Such a powerful tool requires reliable and powerful support. The LoadMaster delivers an exceptional, cost-effective and easy to use solution that, by employing Adaptive Load Balancing, balances requests across Splunk servers.

When deployed as a pair, two LoadMasters give the security of High Availability (HA). HA allows two physical or virtual machines to become one logical device. Only one of these units is ever handling traffic at any particular moment. One unit is active and the other is a hot standby (passive). This provides redundancy and resiliency, meaning if one LoadMaster goes down for any reason, the hot standby can become active, therefore avoiding any downtime. For more information on HA please refer to: High Availability (HA), Feature Description.

Document Purpose

This document provides guidance on how to deploy Splunk with a LoadMaster. The Progress Kemp Support Team is available to provide solutions for scenarios not explicitly defined. For further details, refer to the: LoadMaster Support and Learning Hub.