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I'm unable to connect to splunk using java application.

spideyweb008
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  1. I'm accessing splunk via a VPN. So if I'm trying to access splunk via browser, after logging in using username and password, I have to provide a VIP access code as well to complete the authentication process.

  2. In java, I've tried to execute the below two codes and for each code the corresponding exception that I got is also shared below.

Starting of my java file :

public class SplunkTestService {

public void getConnectionAndTest() {

    HttpService.setSslSecurityProtocol( SSLSecurityProtocol.TLSv1_2 );

// HttpService.setSslSecurityProtocol( SSLSecurityProtocol.SSLv3 );

    ServiceArgs serviceArgs = new ServiceArgs();
            ..........................

Code :1 :

ServiceArgs serviceArgs = new ServiceArgs();
serviceArgs.setHost("https://127.0.0.1");
serviceArgs.setPort(8089);
Service service = Service.connect(serviceArgs);
service.login("USERNAME","PASSWORD");

Exception : 1:

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: URI can't be null.
at sun.net.spi.DefaultProxySelector.select(Unknown Source)
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.plainConnect0(Unknown Source)
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.plainConnect(Unknown Source)
at sun.net.www.protocol.https.AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.connect(Unknown Source)
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getOutputStream0(Unknown Source)
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getOutputStream(Unknown Source)
at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsURLConnectionImpl.getOutputStream(Unknown Source)
at com.splunk.HttpService.send(HttpService.java:445)
at com.splunk.Service.send(Service.java:1295)
at com.splunk.HttpService.post(HttpService.java:348)
at com.splunk.Service.login(Service.java:1124)
at.....

Code :2 :

ServiceArgs serviceArgs = new ServiceArgs();
serviceArgs.setHost("127.0.0.1");
serviceArgs.setPort(8089);
Service service = Service.connect(serviceArgs);
service.login("USERNAME","PASSWORD");

Exception : 2 :

refused: connect
at java.net.DualStackPlainSocketImpl.connect0(Native Method)
at java.net.DualStackPlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Unknown Source)
at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.doConnect(Unknown Source)
at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(Unknown Source)
at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source)
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source)
at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source)
at java.net.Socket.connect(Unknown Source)
at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source)
at sun.net.NetworkClient.doConnect(Unknown Source)
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(Unknown Source)
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(Unknown Source)
at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsClient.(Unknown Source)
at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsClient.New(Unknown Source)
at sun.net.www.protocol.https.AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.getNewHttpClient(Unknown Source)
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.plainConnect0(Unknown Source)
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.plainConnect(Unknown Source)
at sun.net.www.protocol.https.AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.connect(Unknown Source)
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getOutputStream0(Unknown Source)
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getOutputStream(Unknown Source)
at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsURLConnectionImpl.getOutputStream(Unknown Source)
at com.splunk.HttpService.send(HttpService.java:451)
at com.splunk.Service.send(Service.java:1295)
at com.splunk.HttpService.post(HttpService.java:348)
at com.splunk.Service.login(Service.java:1124)
at.....

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p_gurav
Champion

Can you try actual IP or localhost instead like serviceArgs.setHost("https://<IP or localhost>") instead of 127.0.0.1?

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