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Reloading DB Connect/Database Connect Without Restarting Splunk

JWGOV
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For DB Connect/Database Connect/DBX v3.18 and higher, is there a way to reload the app (and/or changes to the confs) without restarting Splunkd? 

Specifically I want to edit the db_inputs.confdb_inputs.conf and load those edits  instead of going through the GUI to modify the database connections.

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PrewinThomas
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@JWGOV 
Can you try below REST API directly from the CLI

splunk _internal call /services/apps/local/dbx/_reload -auth admin:PASSWORD


Regards,
Prewin
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JWGOV
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Awesome, that did the trick, thank you! For those reading this in the future, running @PrewinThomas command from the Splunk bin reloads the DB Connect settings without having to restart Splunk/SplunkD/the splunk server.

PrewinThomas
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@JWGOV 
Can you try below REST API directly from the CLI

splunk _internal call /services/apps/local/dbx/_reload -auth admin:PASSWORD


Regards,
Prewin
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