Hi Pat,
Are you still encountering this issue? Removing the protocol header "http://" from the endpoint field worked for me, e.g. "endpoint = nycpizza.my.salesforce.com" in .../local/splunk_ta_salesforce_account.conf. I don't believe I specified an instance URL either, but I did find that in the case of establishing connectivity with the newer SaaS/Force platform, the add-on worked for me only when I supplied the instanced URL (x.my.salesforce.com) in the endpoint field, i.e. not whatever virtual LB being pointed to by x.lightning.force.com.
Best,
Peter
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