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Splunk Addon Builder app automatically adds a data input.

spamarea1 — Wed, 30 Jul 2025 15:38:31 GMT

Addon Builder 4.5.0.

This app adds a data input automatically. This is a good thing, I then go to add new to complete the configuration. Everything is running good.

A few days later, I thought of a better name for the input. I cloned the original, put a different name, and kept all the same config.

I disabled the original.

I noticed that I can still run the script and see the API output, but when I searched for the output, I did not find it. I started to see 401 errors instead. I went back to the data inputs and disabled the clone and enabled the original and all is back to normal.

Is there a rule to cloning the data input for the addon builder that says not to clone?

Re: Splunk Addon Builder app automatically adds a data input.

livehybrid — Wed, 30 Jul 2025 20:04:55 GMT

Hi @spamarea1

Do you have any encrypted fields in the input configuration? It might be that these arent copied when an input is cloned - this might explain why you are getting a 401 error from your API if its missing some credentials/password etc.

If you've clone it, try updating any encrypted value - if appropriate.

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Re: Splunk Addon Builder app automatically adds a data input.

spamarea1 — Thu, 31 Jul 2025 01:01:56 GMT

Thanks for replying but no encryption. I used the modular frame of the python script that it gave me as a template.