topic Re: secure splunk web with signed certificate in Getting Data In

secure splunk web with signed certificate

MAShawky — Sun, 22 Oct 2017 08:28:19 GMT

I generate Key & csr files from my splunk machine
then got the signed certificate from .pem & root , sub certificates , i put them in on single file in order

-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
... (certificate for your server)...
-----END CERTIFICATE-----
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
... (the intermediate certificate)...
-----END CERTIFICATE-----
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
... (the root certificate for the CA)...
-----END CERTIFICATE-----

also configured web.conf to be like below

[settings]
enableSplunkWebSSL = true
privKeyPath = C:\Program Files\Splunk\etc\auth\mycerts\mySplunkWebPrivateKey.key
serverCert = C:\Program Files\Splunk\etc\auth\mycerts\mySplunkWebCert.pem

but after trying to restart splunk service
am waiting much time in starting web server process more than 10 min and i have to revert back my configuration to can access splunk GUI again
anyone can help ?

Re: secure splunk web with signed certificate

koshyk — Sun, 22 Oct 2017 09:12:05 GMT

when you start Splunk, did it show error or just showing Splunk web starting?

Ensure,

privKeyPath
caCertPath
serverCert

are all reflected in btool output of web.conf

Re: secure splunk web with signed certificate

MAShawky — Sun, 22 Oct 2017 09:15:40 GMT

which path can i write in CAcert as i have only one .pem file ?

Re: secure splunk web with signed certificate

inventsekar — Tue, 29 Sep 2020 16:22:58 GMT

Are you having the intermediate certificate?!?!

Troubleshoot your Splunk Web authentication
If you are unable to verify your certificate configuration, you can use the web_service.log in $SPLUNK_HOME/var/log/splunk to view and troubleshoot any errors that occur upon restart.

Look for SSL configuration warnings. For example, if you provide an incorrect path to the server certificate declared in serverCert, Splunk Web fails to start and the following error appears:

2010-12-21 16:25:02,804 ERROR [4d11455df3182e6710] root:442 - [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/opt/splunk/share/splunk/mycerts/mySplunkWebCertificate.pem'
Note: If the private key is provided in privKeyPath is password protected, no error is provided but your browser won't load Splunk Web.

https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/7.0.0/Security/TroubleshootyourSplunkWebauthentication

Re: secure splunk web with signed certificate

MAShawky — Sun, 22 Oct 2017 09:36:47 GMT

no warning in this file related to the certificate

Re: secure splunk web with signed certificate

inventsekar — Sun, 22 Oct 2017 10:15:30 GMT

Are you having the intermediate certificate?!?!

Re: secure splunk web with signed certificate

MAShawky — Sun, 22 Oct 2017 10:22:07 GMT

yes I have ca-root & ca-subcertificate & webserver certificate

Re: secure splunk web with signed certificate

hardikJsheth — Mon, 23 Oct 2017 06:01:47 GMT

Can you confirm that you have put all the certificates in your .pem file?

Also can you check what error are you getting in Splunkd.log when you start your Splunk with this configurations?