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setting up BSM audit collection

levyma2
Explorer

I"m tying to set up BSM Audit collection using the BSM+audit+log+loader app.
I've installed a universal Forwarder and am collecting /var/adm/messages ok.
When I try to test out the python script I get this error:

sh-3.2# splunk cmd /usr/bin/python bin/bsmping.py --noCache=true
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "bin/bsmping.py", line 10, in
import splunk.Intersplunk as si
ImportError: No module named splunk.Intersplunk
bash-3.2# /usr/bin/python bin/bsmping.py --noCache=True
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "bin/bsmping.py", line 10, in
import splunk.Intersplunk as si
ImportError: No module named splunk.Intersplunk
bash-3.2# env |grep splunk
OLDPWD=/opt/splunkforwarder/etc/apps/bsm/bin
SPLUNK_HOME=/opt/splunkforwarder
PATH=/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/openwin/bin:/usr/ucb:/opt/splunkforwarder/bin
PWD=/opt/splunkforwarder/etc/apps/bsm
bash-3.2#

Any Ideas ?

Thanks

Mark

1 Solution

araitz
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

The BSM collector requires a heavy forwarder or full instance of Splunk, as the universal forwarder does not ship with a python interpreter or the requisite python modules.

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levyma2
Explorer

Araitz,

Is it possible to just copy over the 2 modules (Intersplunk & cli_common) and use the python instance installed with the OS (Solaris 10)?
I'd prefer not to install a full blown instance of Splunk with heavy forwarder on the solaris server.

Mark

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araitz
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

The BSM collector requires a heavy forwarder or full instance of Splunk, as the universal forwarder does not ship with a python interpreter or the requisite python modules.

levyma2
Explorer

Thanks Araitz!

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dwalgamotte
New Member

you can remove the python includes and the script still works

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