Security

Port Documentation

dcsteve24
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We have a standalone install which has to follow specific guidance and documentation. Without getting much into things,  I need to document each port open and if certain ones don't already have a vulnerability assessment on file I need to generate a local report on what the port is for and how its utilized in the system(s).

My clients have splunk installed but don't tap into a lot of its power currently. Therefore I expect a lot of the extra ports can be turned off (at least for now) and save me a lot of paperwork.

This brings me to port 8065 and 8191.

8065, a local listening port that is tied to the splunk appserver. Problem is I can't find what Splunk is using this for exactly outside "app server".

  • If we don't utilize Splunk apps is this required? If we did what does this port provide and why would it be required?
  • When are calls made to it?
  • How would I turn it off in version 8 if I don't need it?

8191 is used for app kv store.

  • If apps are not utilized, can this be turned off?
  • If so how?
  • If apps are not utilized this seems like it wouldn't be required. 

 

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isoutamo
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Hi

splunk has published this too in docs, but I cannot found it now 😞

https://www.aplura.com/splunk-best-practices/ This doc contains also picture and explanations of those. 

r. Ismo

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