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How do I create the same HTTP event collector token for multiple indexers?

johnpof — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 19:08:03 GMT

I have three stand alone indexers in a round robin and want them to accept HTTP events via the HTTP Event Collector. How do I generate a token with the same value on all three?

Re: How do I create the same HTTP event collector token for multiple indexers?

gblock_splunk — Tue, 29 Sep 2020 07:26:10 GMT

Hi @ppablo.

The recommended way to do this is to use Deployment Server. We have documentation which will be shortly forthcoming explaining how to do this.

The way it works is you have your indexers as clients of Event Collector. HTTP Event Collector has a global setting that you will configure on the deployment server "Use Deployment Server". In etc/apps/splunk_httpinput/local/inputs.conf it is the "useDeplyomentServer" setting under the [http] stanza. Once you set this, the collector will write all of it's configuration to the etc/deployment_apps/splunk_httpinput folder. Any time you use the UI or API to manage tokens, the deployment server will package up the updates so that the next time the clients (indexers) poll, they will get the latest tokens. The indexers will restart and load the new tokens in a staggered fashion.

There's a little bit of manual setup on the deployment server initially before you set the settings. First manually create the etc/deployment_apps/splunk_httpinput folder. Then copy the config from etc/apps/splunk_httpinput in.

As I mentioned, we'll have more docs coming in the next week or so that will show how to do this.

Glenn

Re: How do I create the same HTTP event collector token for multiple indexers?

ppablo — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 20:33:56 GMT

Whoops sorry, I accidentally clicked accept for your answer, so sorry if you got a notification! I wasn't the one who asked the question, it was @johnpof. I'm the Answers content manager 🙂 I just edited the post for better visibility.

Re: How do I create the same HTTP event collector token for multiple indexers?

johnpof — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 20:36:29 GMT

Hah no worries I appreciate the reply! Look forward to seeing the docs, if you remember please fire them into this post.

Thanks!

Re: How do I create the same HTTP event collector token for multiple indexers?

gblock_splunk — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 20:44:04 GMT

@johnprof we're working on them now

Re: How do I create the same HTTP event collector token for multiple indexers?

awurster — Wed, 14 Oct 2015 08:17:19 GMT

does it have to be called splunk_httpinput?? IIRC deployment server / splunk .conf guides recommend following an app naming convention, for which that would be bucking the trend 😕

Re: How do I create the same HTTP event collector token for multiple indexers?

samuel_stvictor — Tue, 20 Oct 2015 19:09:04 GMT

Has the documentation for this been released?

Re: How do I create the same HTTP event collector token for multiple indexers?

gblock_splunk — Tue, 20 Oct 2015 19:15:17 GMT

@samuel_stvictor, not yet. If you'd like to review it before we do, email me: gblock@splunk.com and I can send it to you.

Re: How do I create the same HTTP event collector token for multiple indexers?

gblock_splunk — Tue, 20 Oct 2015 19:15:48 GMT

Same for you @johnpof

Re: How do I create the same HTTP event collector token for multiple indexers?

gblock_splunk — Tue, 20 Oct 2015 19:16:29 GMT

Yes it does. Under deployment-apps it should be splunk_httpinput.

Re: How do I create the same HTTP event collector token for multiple indexers?

gblock_splunk — Wed, 04 Nov 2015 02:01:22 GMT

Hi folks

We just published our new documentation for distributed deployment here. We'd love your feedback!

Re: How do I create the same HTTP event collector token for multiple indexers?

aliakseidzianis — Fri, 27 Jan 2017 04:51:10 GMT

Love it. Great doc!

Re: How do I create the same HTTP event collector token for multiple indexers?

delink — Fri, 26 May 2017 13:03:48 GMT

I can't find anything in here on how it would be deployed on clustered indexers. I would assume I'd use a similar configuration pushed from master-apps, but it would be a good thing to cover in the docs!

Re: How do I create the same HTTP event collector token for multiple indexers?

Esky73 — Wed, 02 Aug 2017 04:04:23 GMT

i have the same question actually - is it the same method using cluster master ?

Re: How do I create the same HTTP event collector token for multiple indexers?

ahmedn_splunk — Mon, 30 Jul 2018 16:03:41 GMT

Hi, Is there a way to do this without Deployment Server?

Re: How do I create the same HTTP event collector token for multiple indexers?

sphadnis — Tue, 09 Apr 2019 00:27:34 GMT

I have the same question - any way to do this without Deployment Server?