License and LDAP Question

[josefa123]

I dont know what I am doing and I accidentally change my license from trial to free. When I am finding to revert it back I cant see any trial license on the manage license page. Can I make it on trial again without reinstalling the whole system? I cannot loose any data that has been already indexed.

Another thing, can I use the API or SDK splunk provides and just build on top of the splunk free to still have the ldap feature? Thanks in advance.

[alacercogitatus · Accepted solution]

Splunk free doesn't allow the use of the LDAP on the free license. See comparisons here: https://www.splunk.com/en_us/products/splunk-enterprise/free-vs-enterprise.html. That said, head over to dev.splunk.com and request a developer license. It is free, has to be renewed every 6 months, and shouldn't be used for production. If you need production Splunk, purchase a proper license. The dev license will give you LDAP capabilities back. Using the API/SDK has nothing to do with LDAP. They are two different features.