CLI Access

visa87 · ‎02-08-2015

I am using the Splunk Web environment. I am not sure how to access the CLI. When a splunk instance is installed on a server , it means we can access that instance via web as well as CLI. Is my understanding correct or do we need seperate setup for CLI. How does it work.

ppablo · ‎02-09-2015

Hi @visa87

The documentation on how to access the CLI based on your OS can be found here:
http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.2.1/Admin/AbouttheCLI

thomrs · ‎02-08-2015

There are a number if commands for admin purposes.

http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.2.1/Admin/CLIadmincommands

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