Connecting to Splunk

In order for Spectrum™ Technology Platform to access data in Splunk, you must define a connection to Splunk using Management Console. Once you do this, you can create flows in Enterprise Designer that can read data from, and write data to, Splunk.
Note: This connection is for use in the Metadata Insights module.
  1. Open Management Console.
  2. Go to Resources > Data Sources.
  3. Click the Add button .
  4. In the Name field, enter a name for the connection. The name can be anything you choose.
    Note: Once you save a connection you cannot change the name.
  5. In the Type field, choose Splunk.
  6. In the Username field, enter the Splunk account user name to authenticate the Splunk instance.
  7. In the Password field, enter the password of the Splunk account.
  8. In the Host field, enter the address or host name of the server on which the Splunk data source is hosted.
  9. In the Port field, enter the port number of the Splunk data source.
  10. To test the connection, click Test.
  11. Click Save.