Using Certs with Splunk?

maverick · ‎05-27-2011

When using Certificate Authentication within Splunk, are they self-signed, or can I use third-party certs as well?

jbsplunk · ‎05-27-2011

You can use either self signed certificates or third party certs. I've seen both configurations. There are useful instructions for 3rd party CA's on the community wiki that were written by hexx.

http://www.splunk.com/wiki/Community:SplunkWeb_SSL_3rdPartyCA

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