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 Python is recommended. The Splunk Python SDK should also be downloaded and available on your Splunk Enterprise server. This recipe expects that the user has Python 2.7+ installed on their Splunk server. This example will not run under Python 3+.
The Splunk Python SDK can be downloaded from https://dev.splunk.com.
