topic Re: Database Connection in Deployment Architecture

Database Connection

harshavrath — Mon, 10 Mar 2014 14:18:02 GMT

Hi
My Splunk is installed in one server and my Database's are deployed on other server,in order to connect these two what would i require only Splunk DBconnect is enough or should i use Universal Forwarder also.

My Splunk is installed on windows server 2003 and my Database is on Linux Server.

Please Shed some Light on this,

Any Help is appreciated.

Cheers.

Re: Database Connection

richgalloway — Mon, 10 Mar 2014 14:42:56 GMT

Use both. DB Connect will get data out of your database into Splunk. The Universal Forwarder will pass on information about the server itself (disk usage, CPU usage, logs, etc.).

Re: Database Connection

harshavrath — Mon, 10 Mar 2014 14:45:25 GMT

so the DBconnect will be installed on windows where my Splunk is installed and the forwarder will be installed on the server where my DB is located.

Re: Database Connection

richgalloway — Mon, 10 Mar 2014 14:46:39 GMT

That is correct.

Re: Database Connection

harshavrath — Mon, 10 Mar 2014 15:15:14 GMT

Can i use only Splunk DB Connect which will gather data from DB,as i don't need data about server(disk usage,CPU usage etc).
I only want the data from Database which is located on some other server.

Re: Database Connection

richgalloway — Mon, 10 Mar 2014 15:24:54 GMT

Yes. Use of Splunk Universal Forwarder is optional.

Re: Database Connection

harshavrath — Mon, 10 Mar 2014 15:32:37 GMT

how will i configure Splunk DBConnect to read/connect to a database which is situated on some other server.?

Re: Database Connection

kaufmanm — Mon, 10 Mar 2014 15:36:37 GMT

You'll just need to install the DB Connect application on your Windows Splunk indexer and it will be able to connect to the database and run queries assuming the firewalls allow the access.

Re: Database Connection

MoizLokhandwala — Sun, 25 Oct 2015 08:01:46 GMT

Can I install and configure DB Connect on the universal forwarder ?