https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/401-Unauthorized-REST-API-Splunk-Cloud-Trial/m-p/380818#M68711 <P>How do I authenticate to the Splunk REST API for a Cloud Trial instance?</P> <P>The documentation indicates opening a support case is necessary but since this is a trial, it is not letting me open a support case without a support contract:</P> <UL> <LI>Docs requiring support case: <A href="http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/7.1.1/RESTTUT/RESTandCloud">http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/7.1.1/RESTTUT/RESTandCloud</A></LI> </UL> <P>These answers indicate that Splunk Cloud supports the REST API:</P> <UL> <LI><A href="https://answers.splunk.com/answers/470291/is-using-rest-api-not-allowed-with-splunk-cloud-tr.html">https://answers.splunk.com/answers/470291/is-using-rest-api-not-allowed-with-splunk-cloud-tr.html</A></LI> <LI><A href="https://answers.splunk.com/answers/408233/splunk-cloud-rest-api.html">https://answers.splunk.com/answers/408233/splunk-cloud-rest-api.html</A></LI> </UL> <P>I've also added a second user following this answer:</P> <UL> <LI><A href="https://answers.splunk.com/answers/594624/401-unauthorized-rest-api-using-guzzlehttp.html">https://answers.splunk.com/answers/594624/401-unauthorized-rest-api-using-guzzlehttp.html</A></LI> </UL> Tue, 12 Jun 2018 09:18:45 GMT grokify 2018-06-12T09:18:45Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/401-Unauthorized-REST-API-Splunk-Cloud-Trial/m-p/380818#M68711 <P>How do I authenticate to the Splunk REST API for a Cloud Trial instance?</P> <P>The documentation indicates opening a support case is necessary but since this is a trial, it is not letting me open a support case without a support contract:</P> <UL> <LI>Docs requiring support case: <A href="http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/7.1.1/RESTTUT/RESTandCloud">http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/7.1.1/RESTTUT/RESTandCloud</A></LI> </UL> <P>These answers indicate that Splunk Cloud supports the REST API:</P> <UL> <LI><A href="https://answers.splunk.com/answers/470291/is-using-rest-api-not-allowed-with-splunk-cloud-tr.html">https://answers.splunk.com/answers/470291/is-using-rest-api-not-allowed-with-splunk-cloud-tr.html</A></LI> <LI><A href="https://answers.splunk.com/answers/408233/splunk-cloud-rest-api.html">https://answers.splunk.com/answers/408233/splunk-cloud-rest-api.html</A></LI> </UL> <P>I've also added a second user following this answer:</P> <UL> <LI><A href="https://answers.splunk.com/answers/594624/401-unauthorized-rest-api-using-guzzlehttp.html">https://answers.splunk.com/answers/594624/401-unauthorized-rest-api-using-guzzlehttp.html</A></LI> </UL> Tue, 12 Jun 2018 09:18:45 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/401-Unauthorized-REST-API-Splunk-Cloud-Trial/m-p/380818#M68711 grokify 2018-06-12T09:18:45Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/401-Unauthorized-REST-API-Splunk-Cloud-Trial/m-p/380819#M68712 <P>To use the REST API, you must have a paid subscription to Splunk Cloud. The reason is because there are specific credentials necessary.</P> <P><A href="http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/SplunkCloud/7.0.3/User/WelcometoSplunkCloud">http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/SplunkCloud/7.0.3/User/WelcometoSplunkCloud</A></P> Tue, 12 Jun 2018 19:31:28 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/401-Unauthorized-REST-API-Splunk-Cloud-Trial/m-p/380819#M68712 jowenssi 2018-06-12T19:31:28Z