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HTTP Event Collector: How to generate token through Splunk CLI ?

abhisawa — Wed, 13 Jan 2016 17:34:28 GMT

UI for HTTP event collector is adding an entry in inputs.conf with a related token which gets generated while creating this input.

Is there any way we can generate this token on command line?

Thanks

Re: HTTP Event Collector: How to generate token through Splunk CLI ?

frobinson_splun — Wed, 13 Jan 2016 19:54:53 GMT

Hi @abhisawa,
Here is documentation on using the CLI to generate a token:
http://dev.splunk.com/view/event-collector/SP-CAAAE7C#createanhttpeventcollectortokenusingthecli

Hope this helps!

Re: HTTP Event Collector: How to generate token through Splunk CLI ?

esalesapns2 — Wed, 30 Oct 2019 20:02:37 GMT

I wish that link still worked...

Re: HTTP Event Collector: How to generate token through Splunk CLI ?

jherring_splunk — Thu, 31 Oct 2019 20:37:45 GMT

Here's the Splunk doc for it:
https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/7.3.2/Data/UseHECfromtheCLI

Re: HTTP Event Collector: How to generate token through Splunk CLI ?

esalesapns2 — Fri, 01 Nov 2019 14:56:27 GMT

Yes, you can use "uuidgen" (with no arguments) from the linux command line to generate a token like the one the Splunk GUI does when it creates a new HEC input.

Re: HTTP Event Collector: How to generate token through Splunk CLI ?

gwalford — Thu, 29 Sep 2022 18:37:32 GMT

uuidgen is a great way to script this programatically.