Is there a way to access the Splunk Web UI using curl?

[shangshin]

Hi,

Is there a way to access Splunk Web UI by using curl? I am able to access it by using the management port 8089, but still need to access the UI via web port 8000

I got the error message below when using using curl:

curl -sku admin:changeme http://mysplunkserver:8000/

This resource can be found at <a href='http://mysplunkserver:8000/en-US/'>http://mysplunkserver:8000/en-US/</a>.507 

[somesoni2 · Accepted solution]

If you just want to refresh one endpoint, you can try any one of these method

curl -k -u admin:changeme https://splunkserver:8089/services/configs/conf-alertactions/_reload

OR

(after cd to splunk's bin directory)

./splunk _internal call /configs/conf-alertactions/_reload -auth admin:changeme 

[shangshin]

Thanks a lot for the info.

I tried both options and got HTTP Status: 200

However, after executing the command, I didn't see the change reflected on the Email Settings of Splunk web UI below.

http://splunkserver:8000/en-US/manager/launcher/admin/alert_actions/email?action=edit

Maybe I should try different REST path? Can you direct me where to get a list of all REST paths?

[shangshin]

I found it from the online doc. Thanks again!

[somesoni2]

Any specific requirement for "accessing" Splunk Web from curl? A curl command is typically used to transfer data/receive data from a server/url without user interaction, that's why it does work with Management port.

[shangshin]

I want to refresh this configuration /debug/refresh?entity=admin/alert_actions

Please advise if you know I can achieve the same goal using management port. Thank you!

[masonmorales]

What are you trying to accomplish by accessing splunkweb via curl?

[shangshin]

I want to refresh this configuration /debug/refresh?entity=admin/alert_actions

There is an app called add-on debug refresh but the refresh command takes more than 2-3 minutes to complete. On the other hand, the url completes within 5-10 seconds.