Hi all,
I am not sure why this python code is not working:
import splunklib.client as client
service = client.connect(
host="192.168.2.125",
port=8089)
All I get is the following trace
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:/Users/Name/Desktop/test/splunk/splkTest.py", line 13, in <module>
port=8089)
File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\splunk_sdk-1.6.0-py2.7.egg\splunklib\client.py", line 321, in connect
s.login()
File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\splunk_sdk-1.6.0-py2.7.egg\splunklib\binding.py", line 865, in login
raise AuthenticationError("Login failed.", he)
splunklib.binding.AuthenticationError: Login failed.
I even tried to define username="admin" in the login but the effect is the same.
Is this a limitation of the splunk free version (6.4.1) or I am doing it wrong?
Thank you !
Generally speaking, Splunk Free doesn't have authentication. See About Splunk Free in the Admin Manual.
But see jkat54's comment, immediately below.
Generally speaking, Splunk Free doesn't have authentication. See About Splunk Free in the Admin Manual.
But see jkat54's comment, immediately below.
https://answers.splunk.com/answers/43809/does-splunk-free-license-allow-usage-of-rest-api.html
This seems to suggest it will support the API and login will not be required... there's just a small step of setting something in server.conf.
Innnnteresting. TIL. 🙂
Ah damn it I knew this page but had a mistake in my code.
So the login is working - code has to look like this in python
service = client.connect(
host="192.168.2.125",
port=8089,
username="admin")
Thank you