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How the retrieve HEC host and port using Javascript?

jramos123
Engager

Hello, I'm trying to find a way to fetch/get the HEC host and port of Splunk instance using Javascript SDK in the frontent, but I could not find any source of information that allows me to do such thing...

 

Any one to help?

 

Thanks

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mcmaster
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HEC details are meant to be configurable by the application sending data to HEC. Splunk may or may not be aware of the appropriate name/address/port (e.g. the HEC receiver may actually be a heavy forward, or a load balancer in front of an index cluster).

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