topic Re: C# Rest API Authentication Failed in Getting Data In

C# Rest API Authentication Failed

gmusumeci — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 03:10:21 GMT

I have an app on C# that writes directly into Splunk index (without forwarder).

I tested it on our prod environment running Splunk Enterprise and the Trial and works fine.

But when I run the tool on my development server running Splunk Free the app is stop working.

The error I got is "The remote server returned an error: (401) Unauthorized."

Look like authentication is disable on free version.

I believe C# SDK for Splunk works only with authorized connection.

Anyone can confirm if auhtentication is disabled or write is not allowed on the Free version?

Thanks! Guillermo

Re: C# Rest API Authentication Failed

linu1988 — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 05:45:50 GMT

It works on free version, i have tested it

Re: C# Rest API Authentication Failed

gmusumeci — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 06:02:58 GMT

Hello,

Thank you for your response.

Any ideas what can cause the error on free version? The code works fine with enterprise.

Can you please post an example how to write directly into indexer?

Thanks! Guillermo

Re: C# Rest API Authentication Failed

linu1988 — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 09:39:36 GMT

There is no code which i can share here, I had tried it and it was working. You can apply a little exception handling to see where and what exactly the error is.

I guess you might have seen this already:
_http://dev.splunk.com/view/csharp-sdk/SP-CAAAEQE

Re: C# Rest API Authentication Failed

Damien_Dallimor — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 10:23:14 GMT

In your server.conf file on your Free License version of Splunk , what is your allowRemoteLogin value set to ? Try "always".

http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.0/Admin/Serverconf

Also , you might want to look a signing up for a Splunk developer license.

Re: C# Rest API Authentication Failed

gmusumeci — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 10:41:00 GMT

Hi Damien

I added the allowRemoteLogin=always, restarted Splunk service and works now.

Thank you very much! Guillermo