Splunk Enterprise

How to avoid clear text password while calling splunkd.exe service?

vb
Explorer

mogod command line argument having clear text password like "--sslPEMKeyPassword=password"

how to avoid clear text password while calling splunkd.exe service ?

 

Thanks

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vb
Explorer

not manually , part of default splunk startup

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isoutamo
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

And it’s still there after restart splunk service on windows?

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vb
Explorer

looks like its in default>server.conf as sslPassword , any way to encrypt this while starting splunk ?

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isoutamo
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

All passwords should be on local versions to get those encrypted. You never should edit any default versions!

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vb
Explorer

local version already having below 

[sslConfig]
sslPassword = $7$wSzCbriq823AZTb1HjN7NP8TWXmFZu6R5WvTaFk1/4Rd+L/V66Rkkw==

 

problem is , I was using this splunk installation from last few years on my laptop , now one of my new company policy triggered alert due to that clear text password while starting splunkd , looking out way to avoid this , any help in this is appreciated , thanks

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vb
Explorer

yes , its still thr

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isoutamo
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

I think that this should be on conf files not on cmd line. Are this mongodb started manually? Unfortunately I haven’t any windows splunk to check this?

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