How to encrypt and decrypt the password and username while connecting to Splunk from Java SDK without hard coding credentials?

[brawal0]

I don't want to put hard coded password and user name on connecting to splunk from java sdk. How to encrypt and decrypt the password and user name?

[fdswitch]

This help?

http://www.georgestarcher.com/splunk-alert-scripts-automating-control/

[musskopf]

Hello Brawal0, this is not much Splunk question as far I understood... but more a Java development thing. Have a look on this topic, it might give you some ideas how to securely store a password in a properties file:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1132567/encrypt-password-in-configuration-files

Cheers