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Does Splunk utilize its own Python installation?

gcdiaz
Engager

Does Splunk utilize its own Python installation or is it pointing to my host computer python2 or python3 installation? If so, how can I change what python interpreter Splunk will use?

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pgreer_splunk
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

Yep. This is for Splunk 6.4.2:

[splunk@batavus bin]$ pwd
/home/splunk/bin
[splunk@batavus bin]$ ls -ld p*
-r-xr-xr-x 1 splunk splunk   55600 Jun 28 04:13 parsetest
-r-xr-xr-x 1 splunk splunk    3753 Jun 28 02:59 parse_xml_buckets.py
-r-xr-xr-x 1 splunk splunk 3946272 Jun 28 04:13 pcregextest
-r-xr-xr-x 1 splunk splunk    7390 Jun 28 02:59 pid_check.sh
lrwxrwxrwx 1 splunk splunk       9 Jun 28 04:09 python -> python2.7
lrwxrwxrwx 1 splunk splunk       9 Jun 28 04:09 python2 -> python2.7
-r-xr-xr-x 1 splunk splunk 1953328 Jun 28 04:13 python2.7

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pgreer_splunk
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

Yep. This is for Splunk 6.4.2:

[splunk@batavus bin]$ pwd
/home/splunk/bin
[splunk@batavus bin]$ ls -ld p*
-r-xr-xr-x 1 splunk splunk   55600 Jun 28 04:13 parsetest
-r-xr-xr-x 1 splunk splunk    3753 Jun 28 02:59 parse_xml_buckets.py
-r-xr-xr-x 1 splunk splunk 3946272 Jun 28 04:13 pcregextest
-r-xr-xr-x 1 splunk splunk    7390 Jun 28 02:59 pid_check.sh
lrwxrwxrwx 1 splunk splunk       9 Jun 28 04:09 python -> python2.7
lrwxrwxrwx 1 splunk splunk       9 Jun 28 04:09 python2 -> python2.7
-r-xr-xr-x 1 splunk splunk 1953328 Jun 28 04:13 python2.7
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