https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Can-you-make-conf-changes-with-the-rest-API/m-p/434928#M75912 <P>@Log_wrangler,</P> <P>You can edit conf with rest API</P> <P>For e.g.</P> <PRE><CODE>curl -k -u admin:pass <A href="https://localhost:8089/servicesNS/nobody/search/configs/conf-props" target="test_blank">https://localhost:8089/servicesNS/nobody/search/configs/conf-props</A> \ -d name=myweblogs \ -d CHARSET=UTF-8 \ -d SHOULD_LINEMERGE=false </CODE></PRE> <P>In the above, if the stanza <CODE>myweblogs</CODE> does not exist, then it creates a new one and if it exists, it updates it with the value you provided.</P> <P>Detailed documentation is available in <A href="http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/RESTTUT/RESTconfigurations">http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/RESTTUT/RESTconfigurations</A></P> Wed, 29 Aug 2018 16:46:51 GMT renjith_nair 2018-08-29T16:46:51Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Can-you-make-conf-changes-with-the-rest-API/m-p/434926#M75910 <P>Has anyone used the rest API to successfully edit a conf file? </P> <P>I understand there are 3 methods GET, POST, DELETE.<BR /> I understand one can manipulate searches but I am unfamiliar with managing objects and configurations with the API.</P> <P>Any advice or examples would be awesome.</P> <P>Thank you</P> Wed, 29 Aug 2018 16:30:44 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Can-you-make-conf-changes-with-the-rest-API/m-p/434926#M75910 Log_wrangler 2018-08-29T16:30:44Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Can-you-make-conf-changes-with-the-rest-API/m-p/434927#M75911 <P>Hello, did you see this? <BR /> <A href="http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/7.1.2/RESTREF/RESTprolog">http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/7.1.2/RESTREF/RESTprolog</A></P> Wed, 29 Aug 2018 16:45:22 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Can-you-make-conf-changes-with-the-rest-API/m-p/434927#M75911 serjandrosov 2018-08-29T16:45:22Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Can-you-make-conf-changes-with-the-rest-API/m-p/434928#M75912 <P>@Log_wrangler,</P> <P>You can edit conf with rest API</P> <P>For e.g.</P> <PRE><CODE>curl -k -u admin:pass <A href="https://localhost:8089/servicesNS/nobody/search/configs/conf-props" target="test_blank">https://localhost:8089/servicesNS/nobody/search/configs/conf-props</A> \ -d name=myweblogs \ -d CHARSET=UTF-8 \ -d SHOULD_LINEMERGE=false </CODE></PRE> <P>In the above, if the stanza <CODE>myweblogs</CODE> does not exist, then it creates a new one and if it exists, it updates it with the value you provided.</P> <P>Detailed documentation is available in <A href="http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/RESTTUT/RESTconfigurations">http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/RESTTUT/RESTconfigurations</A></P> Wed, 29 Aug 2018 16:46:51 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Can-you-make-conf-changes-with-the-rest-API/m-p/434928#M75912 renjith_nair 2018-08-29T16:46:51Z