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Is there any way to use an empty identity for a Splunk DB Connect 2.1.3 connection?

markfocella
Explorer

I am trying to use a db connection which uses a jdbc that does not require a username or password. In Splunk DB Connect 2.0.4, I was able to save an empty username in identities.conf and use that. When I updated to version 2.1.3, I get the error:

Unable to decrypt password, please re-enter password on identity

when I try to validate the connection with that empty identity.

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jcoates_splunk
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

I'm surprised it worked in 2.0... were you making the conf files directly, or using the UI?

markfocella
Explorer

I was modifying the conf file directly. I just made username and password equal to nothing. ex:

username =
password =

The gui filled in the username with None when I look at it.

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