topic Re: Splunk download: Any locations to get the installer id vs release number? in Splunk Enterprise

Splunk download: Any locations to get the installer id vs release number?

koshyk — Thu, 10 Jun 2021 08:49:03 GMT

As part of Splunk automation, we are looking to see if we can download Splunk automatically into the servers directly for upgrade hands-free for Test machines

The output I'm looking for is a simple lookup/details like below. Anyone aware of any links which expose below details?

splunk_release	installer_id	arch	os	pkg
6.6.3	e21ee54bc796	amd64	linux	deb
8.1.4	17f862b42a7c	x86_64	linux	rpm

Re: Splunk download: Any locations to get the installer id vs release number?

richgalloway — Thu, 10 Jun 2021 15:27:36 GMT

Rather than have each server download the installer from Splunk, may I suggest you download it manually once to a local store and have the automation install Splunk from there?

Re: Splunk download: Any locations to get the installer id vs release number?

isoutamo — Thu, 10 Jun 2021 17:39:41 GMT

I’m totally agree with @richgalloway that you should download those first to your own artifactory and check that those are ok and valid versions.
Here is one answer where you could see the url where you could download those https://community.splunk.com/t5/Installation/Where-did-the-download-links-for-wget-go-on-splunk-com/m-p/196867

r. Ismo

Re: Splunk download: Any locations to get the installer id vs release number?

koshyk — Fri, 11 Jun 2021 08:07:40 GMT

Of course we do like into central artefact location. We do compare all of it centrally and scripted to compare with md5sum etc.

The only issue still is someone have to go logon download a copy & and get the "installer" id and populate an ansible manifest manually. Also has to be done a separate administrator team which takes process etc.

Was just checking if Splunk or any official links which exposes the installer-id, then our automation script can do it all dynamically.