To step through this recipe, you will need a running Splunk Enterprise server, with the sample data loaded from Chapter 1, Play Time - Getting Data In. You should be familiar with navigating the Splunk user interface and using the Splunk search language. Some basic knowledge of JavaScript and CSS is recommended.
This recipe requires that you have NodeJS and the Node Package Manager (NPM) already installed and working on the Splunk server. NodeJS is a server-side JavaScript runtime environment.
For more information on NodeJS and instructions for installing it and NPM, visit https://nodejs.org.
