Deployment Architecture

REST API for local user not working through SHC load balancer URL

att35
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Hi all,

I am trying to authenticate a user against REST API but when testing via CURL, it is failing when using LB URL(F5). User has replicated across all SHC members and can login via UI.

# curl -k https://Splunk-LB-URL:8089/services/auth/login -d username=user -d password='password'
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<response>
  <messages>
    <msg type="WARN" code="incorrect_username_or_password">Login failed</msg>
  </messages>
</response>

 

But when I try this same against the SH member directly, it works.

# curl -k https://Splunk-SearchHead:8089/services/auth/login -d username=user -d password='password'
 <response>
<sessionKey>gULiq_E7abGyEchXyw7rxzwi83Fhdh8gIGjPGBouFUd37GuXF</sessionKey>
  <messages>
    <msg code=""></msg>
  </messages>
</response>

 

Initially I thought it could be something on the LB side but then for "admin" user, LB URL works just fine. 

# curl -k https://Splunk-LB-URL:8089/services/auth/login -d username=admin -d password='password'
 <response>
<sessionKey>gULiq_E7abGyEchXyw7rxzwi83Fhdh8gIGjPGBouFUd37GuXF</sessionKey>
  <messages>
    <msg code=""></msg>
  </messages>
</response>

 

Has anyone come across issue like this? Why would admin work fine on LB but a new local user works only against direct SH and not via load balancer? 

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