SPLUNKD_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT 6.x

[RicoSuave]

In previous versions of splunk, we have overridden the SPLUNKD_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT value in the __init__.py file due to long waits on our UI. I am currently working on applying our changes in Version 5 and making them "work" for Version 6. I am looking to apply this change, but I see the following comment about that parameter in the file:

# while this is no longer a constant, we don't know if any externally developed modules were referring
# directly to the constant, so leave the variable in constant ALL-CAPS style
SPLUNKD_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT = 30

I am concerned mostly because it says "this is no longer a constant". Is this just because I can pass timeout in with my rest call now? Looking at the code, it seems that if timeout is not set, then it will use the value for SPLUNKD_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT. I want to make sure that splunk doesn't set this anywhere else (that we would need to change) when it does its own internal rest calls.

[RicoSuave · Accepted solution]

Now configurable in web.conf. From web.conf.spec:

splunkdConnectionTimeout = <integer>
    * Number of seconds to wait before timing out when communicating with splunkd
    * Must be at least 30
    * Values smaller than 30 will be ignored, resulting in the use of the default value
    * Defaults to 30