https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Dev/What-version-of-Python-ships-with-Splunk/m-p/92788#M1326 <P>Docs are fixed, thanks!</P> Tue, 22 Jan 2013 17:52:48 GMT ChrisG 2013-01-22T17:52:48Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Dev/What-version-of-Python-ships-with-Splunk/m-p/92779#M1317 <P>As the version of Python may introduce dependencies and incompatibilities, it's important to know what version is shipped with Splunk.</P> Fri, 18 Jan 2013 21:06:27 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Dev/What-version-of-Python-ships-with-Splunk/m-p/92779#M1317 halr9000 2013-01-18T21:06:27Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Dev/What-version-of-Python-ships-with-Splunk/m-p/92780#M1318 <H2>Splunk Enterprise</H2> <P>(Also applies to Splunk heavy or lightweight forwarder.)</P> <PRE><CODE>Splunk 4.1 - 4.2 Python 2.6.4 Splunk 4.3 Python 2.7.2 Splunk 5.0 Python 2.7.3 Splunk 6.0 Python 2.7.5 Splunk 6.1 Python 2.7.5 </CODE></PRE> <H2>Universal Forwarder</H2> <P>Python is not included, but it can be used for scripted/modular inputs by installing separately. Inputs.conf files may need to be modified in order to execute scripts, depending on the OS configuration.</P> <H2>How to Determine Python Version</H2> <P>You can always find out the Python version like so:</P> <PRE><CODE>$SPLUNK_HOME/bin/python --version </CODE></PRE> <P>Also, the Splunk release notes should reflect the Python version. For example, for 5.0: <A href="http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/5.0/ReleaseNotes/Python">http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/5.0/ReleaseNotes/Python</A></P> Fri, 18 Jan 2013 21:11:08 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Dev/What-version-of-Python-ships-with-Splunk/m-p/92780#M1318 halr9000 2013-01-18T21:11:08Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Dev/What-version-of-Python-ships-with-Splunk/m-p/92781#M1319 <P>See also: <A href="http://splunk-base.splunk.com/answers/3138/python-version-and-libraries-installed-with-a-lightweight-forwarder-for-running-scripted-inputs">http://splunk-base.splunk.com/answers/3138/python-version-and-libraries-installed-with-a-lightweight-forwarder-for-running-scripted-inputs</A></P> Fri, 18 Jan 2013 21:13:44 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Dev/What-version-of-Python-ships-with-Splunk/m-p/92781#M1319 halr9000 2013-01-18T21:13:44Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Dev/What-version-of-Python-ships-with-Splunk/m-p/92782#M1320 <P>Also note that the Splunk App for VMware "FA" (forwarder appliance) versions 1 and 2 ship with Splunk 4.2.5 configured as a heavy forwarder.</P> Fri, 18 Jan 2013 21:22:59 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Dev/What-version-of-Python-ships-with-Splunk/m-p/92782#M1320 halr9000 2013-01-18T21:22:59Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Dev/What-version-of-Python-ships-with-Splunk/m-p/92783#M1321 <P>Also good to know:<BR /> From what I understand, this is not the standard distribution of Python, so some of the standard libs might not be available.</P> Fri, 18 Jan 2013 21:27:02 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Dev/What-version-of-Python-ships-with-Splunk/m-p/92783#M1321 dshpritz 2013-01-18T21:27:02Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Dev/What-version-of-Python-ships-with-Splunk/m-p/92784#M1322 <P>@dshpritz answer 3138 (linked above) says that distutils module isn't included, so that's one difference that I'm aware of. I know that our distribution of 2.6 doesn't include argparse, but for all I know, that wasn't included with standard Python until 2.7 anyhow.</P> Fri, 18 Jan 2013 21:29:53 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Dev/What-version-of-Python-ships-with-Splunk/m-p/92784#M1322 halr9000 2013-01-18T21:29:53Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Dev/What-version-of-Python-ships-with-Splunk/m-p/92785#M1323 <P>@halr9000 The last time I tried, I don't believe the sqlite3 module was included either. That may have changed</P> Fri, 18 Jan 2013 21:33:07 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Dev/What-version-of-Python-ships-with-Splunk/m-p/92785#M1323 dshpritz 2013-01-18T21:33:07Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Dev/What-version-of-Python-ships-with-Splunk/m-p/92786#M1324 <P>The 5.0 release notes say it's Python 2.7.2, not 2.7.3. <A href="http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/5.0/ReleaseNotes/Python">http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/5.0/ReleaseNotes/Python</A></P> Fri, 18 Jan 2013 23:28:51 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Dev/What-version-of-Python-ships-with-Splunk/m-p/92786#M1324 ChrisG 2013-01-18T23:28:51Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Dev/What-version-of-Python-ships-with-Splunk/m-p/92787#M1325 <P>@ChrisG The docs are wrong. We should have somebody fix that. <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":winking_face:">😉</span> Srsly, confirmed this with 5.0.1.</P> Tue, 22 Jan 2013 17:43:11 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Dev/What-version-of-Python-ships-with-Splunk/m-p/92787#M1325 halr9000 2013-01-22T17:43:11Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Dev/What-version-of-Python-ships-with-Splunk/m-p/92788#M1326 <P>Docs are fixed, thanks!</P> Tue, 22 Jan 2013 17:52:48 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Dev/What-version-of-Python-ships-with-Splunk/m-p/92788#M1326 ChrisG 2013-01-22T17:52:48Z