Connecting to Splunk
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Access the Data Sources page using one of these
modules:
- Management Console:
- Access Management Console using the URL:
http://server:port/managementconsole,
where server is the server name or IP address of
your Spectrum™ Technology Platform server and
port is the HTTP port used by Spectrum™ Technology Platform.Note: By default, the HTTP port is 8080.
- Go to Resources > Data Sources.
- Metadata Insights:
- Access Metadata Insights using the URL:
http://server:port/metadata-insights,
where server is the server name or IP address of
your Spectrum™ Technology Platform server and
port is the HTTP port used by Spectrum™ Technology Platform.Note: By default, the HTTP port is 8080.
- Go to Data Sources.
- Click the Add button .
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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.
- In the Type field, choose Splunk.
- In the Username field, enter the Splunk account user name to authenticate the Splunk instance.
- In the Password field, enter the password of the Splunk account.
- In the Host field, enter the address or host name of the server on which the Splunk data source is hosted.
- In the Port field, enter the port number of the Splunk data source.
- To test the connection, click Test.
- Click Save.