Splunk Enterprise Certified Admin Practice Test

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To send data using the HEC, which components are necessary?

A web application, at least one forwarder, and at least one indexer or search head
A web application, at least one heavy forwarder, and an indexer cluster
A web application and at least one indexer or search head
A web application, a deployment server, and at least one indexer or search head

The correct answer is: A web application and at least one indexer or search head

Sending data using the HTTP Event Collector (HEC) primarily requires a web application to generate the events and an indexer or search head to handle and index those events. The HEC is designed to receive data directly over HTTP or HTTPS, allowing various applications to push events into Splunk without the necessity of a forwarder, especially for real-time data ingestion scenarios. In a standard HEC setup, the web application sends JSON payloads directly to the HEC endpoint configured in Splunk. The indexer or search head then receives this data for indexing or searching, fulfilling the primary requirement for data ingestion in Splunk. While forwarders and deployment servers play significant roles in traditional data forwarding scenarios, they are not essential for the specific context of sending data through HEC, hence their absence in this configuration. This makes the correct answer contextually focused on the minimal components necessary for HEC data ingestion.