How do I create the same HTTP event collector token for multiple indexers?

[johnpof]

I have three stand alone indexers in a round robin and want them to accept HTTP events via the HTTP Event Collector. How do I generate a token with the same value on all three?

[gblock_splunk]

Hi folks

We just published our new documentation for distributed deployment here. We'd love your feedback!

[delink]

I can't find anything in here on how it would be deployed on clustered indexers. I would assume I'd use a similar configuration pushed from master-apps, but it would be a good thing to cover in the docs!

[Esky73]

i have the same question actually - is it the same method using cluster master ?

[aliakseidzianis]

Love it. Great doc!

[gblock_splunk · Accepted solution]

Hi @ppablo.

The recommended way to do this is to use Deployment Server. We have documentation which will be shortly forthcoming explaining how to do this.

The way it works is you have your indexers as clients of Event Collector. HTTP Event Collector has a global setting that you will configure on the deployment server "Use Deployment Server". In etc/apps/splunk_httpinput/local/inputs.conf it is the "useDeplyomentServer" setting under the [http] stanza. Once you set this, the collector will write all of it's configuration to the etc/deployment_apps/splunk_httpinput folder. Any time you use the UI or API to manage tokens, the deployment server will package up the updates so that the next time the clients (indexers) poll, they will get the latest tokens. The indexers will restart and load the new tokens in a staggered fashion.

There's a little bit of manual setup on the deployment server initially before you set the settings. First manually create the etc/deployment_apps/splunk_httpinput folder. Then copy the config from etc/apps/splunk_httpinput in.

As I mentioned, we'll have more docs coming in the next week or so that will show how to do this.

Glenn

[ahmedn_splunk]

Hi, Is there a way to do this without Deployment Server?

[sphadnis]

I have the same question - any way to do this without Deployment Server?

[samuel_stvictor]

Has the documentation for this been released?

[gblock_splunk]

@samuel_stvictor, not yet. If you'd like to review it before we do, email me: gblock@splunk.com and I can send it to you.

[gblock_splunk]

Same for you @johnpof

[ppablo]

Whoops sorry, I accidentally clicked accept for your answer, so sorry if you got a notification! I wasn't the one who asked the question, it was @johnpof. I'm the Answers content manager 🙂 I just edited the post for better visibility.

[awurster]

does it have to be called splunk_httpinput?? IIRC deployment server / splunk .conf guides recommend following an app naming convention, for which that would be bucking the trend 😕

[gblock_splunk]

Yes it does. Under deployment-apps it should be splunk_httpinput.

[johnpof]

Hah no worries I appreciate the reply! Look forward to seeing the docs, if you remember please fire them into this post.

Thanks!

[gblock_splunk]

@johnprof we're working on them now