Connect to Python API through base url and .splunkrc

[splunkreal]

We are using /api base url, is that correct for .splunkrc as it asks for host and in our environment we use url?

thanks for your help!

.splunkrc

# Splunk host (default: localhost)

host=splunkurl/api

# Splunk admin port (default: 8089)

port=443

# Splunk username

username=

# Splunk password

password=

# Access scheme (default: https)

scheme=https

# Your version of Splunk (default: 6.3)

version=9.0.4

[VatsalJagani]

@splunkreal - For the host you need to just IP address or hostname. The port should be a Splunk management port generally 8089 and not the Splunk UI port.

I hope this helps!!!

[splunkreal]

Hello, thanks so how would you connect from Python using base url? We have HA/FO servers in front of Splunk servers.

[VatsalJagani]

HA/FO shouldn't affect the URL for API for Splunk.

Base URL should be constructed as https://<host/ip>:8089 

[PickleRick]

Theoretically, of course a reverse-proxy could affect a URI path of the request redirecting it into somewhere else on the backend but that would need to be explicitly configured.

Anyway see the https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/RESTUM/RESTusing document and see the remark about namespaces on https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/9.1.3/RESTREF/RESTlist

[splunkreal]

Hi @PickleRick  we use base url api already for curl commands and would like to use in python.

[PickleRick]

Just set host and port and let the splunklib handle the rest.

[VatsalJagani]

@splunkreal - Did you got to resolve your issue?

[splunkreal]

Hi @VatsalJagani  no, we need to use base url api. Thanks.