Splunk DB Connect dbx_settings.conf not picking up JRE Path

[timcolpo]

I am in a heavily locked down environment (I cannot change a user profile for example) and need to install DB_Connect. The idea I had was to:

1) Install a JDK to the /opt/jdk (owned by the Splunk user)
2) Install DB Connect
3) Create /opt/splunk/etc/apps/splunk_app_db_connect/local/dbx_settings.conf AS
[java]
java_home = /opt/jdk/jdk1.8.0_121/jre

to override the JRE PATH

ISSUE:
No matter what I do upon restart the configuration defaults the entry to the system $JAVA_HOME
/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.151.x86_64/jre

[jcoates]

are you sure you got a 64 bit JDK? If you got a 32 bit one, it'll be ignored.

[timcolpo]

Yes is is the 64 Bit version.