Basic applications

So, what are Splunk apps? The product documentation at http://www.splunk.com defines Splunk apps as follows:

	"A self-service out-of-the box extension that has its own UI context and which can be selected from the App list that appears at the upper right-hand corner of the Splunk UI."
	--Splunk.com, 2014

The app list

To access Splunk's app list, select Apps from Splunk Web, as shown in the following screenshot:

Search & Reporting is Splunk's search interface and can be accessed by clicking on the Search & Reporting link. If you click on Find More Apps, Splunk takes you to the Browse more apps page, where you can go through page after page of existing downloadable apps (or you can use the search field to search for apps that are relevant to your interests or needs).

When you click on Manage Apps, Splunk displays the Apps page, listing all the apps currently configured in your environment, as shown in the following screenshot:

The Apps page

On this page, you can view and...