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Is there a way to compile a custom alert python script?

kingjeo2
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Hi, I wanna ask if there is a way to obfuscate/hide a python code that works on Splunk? Tried Cython and py_compile to no avail. Or am I just doing it wrong? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you very much!

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kamlesh_vaghela
SplunkTrust
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@kingjeo2

Have tried this?

SPLUNK_HOME/bin/splunk cmd python <<PYTHON_FILE_PATH>>

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kingjeo2
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Hi, what does that do exactly? Thanks.

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