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What parameters should I pass to this Splunk REST API endpoint to archive the same thing that 'splunk offline --enforce-counts' does?

rongshengfang
Explorer

Does anybody know what parameters I should pass to the REST API endpoint /services/cluster/slave/control/control/decommission to archive the same thing that command 'splunk offline --enforce-counts' does?

Thanks!

MuS
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Greeting from the future,

according to the latest docs https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/RESTREF/RESTcluster#cluster.2Fslave.2Fcontrol.2F... it is like this :

curl -k -u admin:pass https://indexer:8089/services/cluster/slave/control/control/decommission -X POST

cheers, MuS

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jacobwilkins
Communicator

Through some testing, it seems that enforce_counts=true might be the correct POST parameter.

It would be nice if someone from Splunk could confirm.

melcher
Explorer

I've tested and confirmed that when you add the enforce_counts=true to the api call like seen below, it will perform a full decommissioning of the host. Thank you for bringing it up!

 

curl -k -u admin:pass https://indexer:8089/services/cluster/slave/control/control/decommission -d enforce_counts=true -X POST

 

 

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jacobwilkins
Communicator

Bumping this because I'd really like to know the answer.

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