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What is "db_connect_read_app_conf " capability and is it necessary to register a password to the secret storage ?

hacket-
Explorer

Hello, I found a new failure of an App's Setup page (secret storage) on a Splunk Cloud when I tried to register password to secret storage.

[SPLUNKD] You (user=<my splunk user>) do not have permission to perform this operation (requires capability: $db_connect_read_app_conf$).

Could this be just an account permissions issue ?
Can it be proceeded by using admin account  ?

Do you have any information for this db_connect_read_app_conf Splunk capability ??
Unfortunately, there was no valuable document and reference for this capability in my search.

I'm happy for any information from you.
Thank you in advance.

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hacket-
Explorer

I have reproduced the error in Splunk Enterprise env which Splunk DB Connect App is installed.
This error is caused by Splunk DB Connect App (https://splunkbase.splunk.com/app/2686/).
Solutions were folowings.

- Disable Splunk DB Connect App

OR 
- Add "db_connect_read_app_conf" and "db_connect_write_app_conf" capability to the user role.


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hacket-
Explorer

(Reference documentation for Splunk DB Connect)

https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/DBX/3.10.0/DeployDBX/HowSplunkDBConnectworks

https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/DBX/3.10.0/DeployDBX/Createandmanageidentities

Secret Storage, which registers App credentials, is also DB Connect is automatically treated as a DB Connect Identity when DB Connect is installed.
(I could not find any direct reference to Secret Storage being treated as a DB Connect Identity.)

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hacket-
Explorer

I have reproduced the error in Splunk Enterprise env which Splunk DB Connect App is installed.
This error is caused by Splunk DB Connect App (https://splunkbase.splunk.com/app/2686/).
Solutions were folowings.

- Disable Splunk DB Connect App

OR 
- Add "db_connect_read_app_conf" and "db_connect_write_app_conf" capability to the user role.


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hacket-
Explorer

On the other hand, Splunk Enterprise platform doesn't need the  db_connect_read_app_conf capability for the same operation.

The only "admin_all_object"  and  "list_secret_storage" capabilities were just needed for it on Splunk Enterprise platform.

 

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