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Can I authenticate users on the REST API using SSO?

rezastro
Engager

I am using ProxySSO to authenticate users on splunkweb with an apache frontend, I tried to do the same for the management access (port 8089 by default) but it doesn't seem to work (always get a 401 answer).

Is there a way I can use SSO for my scripts without having to parse splunkweb output?

khourihan_splun
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

The api doesn't authenticate via 443 which is where the SAML would live. The API uses 8089 would just need local user auth.

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