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Configuring splunk

Prerequisites

Before you configure the Delphix Engine you will need to configure and make a note of the following in Splunk:

Please refer to the Splunk documentation for detailed steps on how to configure your values.

Supported Splunk versions

Delphix only supports Splunk Enterprise 6.3.0 or higher.

  1. In the Splunk web UI Enable SSL (this is optional but best practice for security) in your global HTTP Event Collector (HEC) settings.

  2. The Splunk hostname or IP Address.

  3. The HEC Port number for your Splunk instance (default 8088).

  4. Enable the HTTP Event Collector on Splunk, and create a new HEC Token with a new Splunk index set as an allowed index for the token. Make sure Enable Indexer Acknowledgement is unchecked for the token. Warning : If you wish, you can use a separate Splunk index for performance and capacity metrics (otherwise, the same index will be used for both events and metrics). If you are using Splunk 7.0+, it is recommended that you create this second index as a special “Metrics” type index that is optimized for indexing and searching metrics data.

  5. Note the HEC Token Value and the Allowed Indexes for the token.

The following table provides an example of the data you will need.

Attribute

Sample data

Splunk Server IP address

192.168.8.8

Splunk Server HEC Port Number

8088

Splunk HEC Token

12345678-1234-1234-1234-1234567890AB

Index Name for Events

delphix_events

Index Name for Metrics

delphix_metrics

Configuring Delphix for Splunk

  1. Log in to the Delphix Server Setup UI as the sysadmin.

  2. From the Preferences menu select Fluentd Configuration

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  3. In the Fluentd Configuration window, enter your Splunk values, using the default splunkHec plugin configuration.

Host

Splunk hostname or IP address

HEC Port

The TCP port number for the Splunk HTTP Event Collector (HEC)

HEC Token

The token for the Splunk HTTP Event Collector (HEC)

Events Index

The Splunk Index events will be sent to. It must be set as an allowed index for the HEC token.

Metrics Index

The Splunk Index metrics will be sent to. If none is specified then the Main Index will be used for metrics as well. It must be set as an allowed index for the HEC token.

Events Push Frequency

The frequency at which the Events will be pushed to Splunk. Specified in seconds.

Metrics Push Frequency

The frequency at which the Performance Metrics will be pushed to Splunk. Specified in seconds

Protocol

What protocol to use (HTTP or HTTPS) when connecting to Splunk. Must match your HTTP Event Collector settings in Splunk.

4. Click Save to enable the Splunk configuration and begin sending all new Actions, Job Events, Faults, Alerts, and Metrics to your Splunk instance.

Testing Your Connection to Splunk

Delphix will send a test event to Splunk once you have clicked Save. If this test does not receive an OK response, the configuration will not be saved and you will be prompted to fix the issue. There is no need to separately test the connection when using the Delphix UI. However, there is also an option for explicitly testing your SplunkHec configuration via the CLI at service fluentd configuration testSplunkHec or by using the API at the /delphix/service/fluentd/configuration/testSplunkHec endpoint.

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