Free Splunk Cloud Rest API - Not able to access the Splunk Rest API

[nchingalwar]

I have been working on the POC. Got the Free trial Splunk Cloud Platform account for 15 days. After going through the documentation  Access requirements and limitations for the Splunk Cloud Platform REST API | Splunk Docs I see 

Free trial Splunk Cloud Platform accounts cannot access the REST API.

Actually, I do not want to go with enterprise Splunk console.  

Is this possible to call Splunk rest api  using trial Splunk Cloud Platform account? if not, is there any other option way I can do that?  Please assist

[nchingalwar]

@richgalloway  Thanks, for the quick response.  I am working on POC where I want to read the data from Splunk Rest API. So, looking for way to make a call Splunk rest api. 

[richgalloway]

Reading data from Splunk Cloud via the REST API is not possible with a free trial account.

The best workaround is to install Splunk Enterprise in a private cloud server and test the API calls against that.

[nchingalwar]

Could you please provide the documentation and steps to install Splunk Enterprise in a private cloud server and test the API calls against that.  

Thanks, 

[PickleRick]

Just use the normal installation manual for Splunk Enterprise but run it on a cloud-hosted server

[richgalloway]

The documentation is correct.  Splunk Cloud free trials do not have access to the REST API.  That means calls to the API are not possible until the account converts to a paid one.

What problem are you trying to solve?  Perhaps there is another way.