Splunk 7.3.1 DBX Oracle driver not recognized

[sdevireddy1]

SPLUNK_HOME=/appl/splunk

Driver is in $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/apps/splunk_app_db_connect/drivers per https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/DBX/3.1.4/DeployDBX/ConfigureDBConnectsettings

[wamsplunk@ bin]$ cd $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/apps/splunk_app_db_connect/drivers
[wamsplunk@ drivers]$ ls -altr
total 7868
-rw-r--r--  1 wamsplunk wamsplunk      41 Sep 29 09:24 README
-rw-r--r--  1 wamsplunk wamsplunk 8048640 Sep 29 09:42 ojdbc8-full.tar
drwx------ 20 wamsplunk wamsplunk    4096 Sep 30 11:06 ..
drwxr-xr-x  2 wamsplunk wamsplunk      43 Oct  2 22:23 .

When I look at DBX-> Configuration -> settings -> Drivers .. All of them are marked X No for the Installed column including Oracle.

Any thoughts ?

[sdevireddy1]

Thank you for the answer. That worked.

tar -xvf ojdbc8-full.tar gave the jar files.. but in a sub folder. I moved them to the drivers directory.

[jacobpevans]

Glad to hear it. Thank you for marking the answer.

[jacobpevans · Accepted solution]

Greetings @sdevireddy1,

Everything sounds right to me. Have you done this yet? The bounces should not be necessary, but I'm putting them there anyway.

1. Bounce the instance
2. Navigate to: "Splunk DB Connect > Configuration > Settings > Drivers > Reload"
3. Bounce the instance

Cheers,
Jacob

Edit: I just noticed your drivers are in .tar format. Our working drivers are all in .jar format. Also try unzipping them.