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Install and configure Splunk
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Version information

  • 1.4.0 (latest)
  • 1.3.0
  • 1.2.0
  • 1.0.0 (deleted)
released Jul 7th 2017
This version is compatible with:

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  • r10k or Code Manager
  • Bolt
  • Manual installation
  • Direct download

Add this module to your Puppetfile:

mod 'vande-splunk', '1.4.0'
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bolt module add vande-splunk
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Manually install this module globally with Puppet module tool:

puppet module install vande-splunk --version 1.4.0

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Documentation

vande/splunk — version 1.4.0 Jul 7th 2017

splunk

Table of Contents

  1. Description
  2. Setup - The basics of getting started with splunk
  3. Usage - Configuration options and additional functionality
  4. Reference - An under-the-hood peek at what the module is doing and how
  5. Limitations - OS compatibility, etc.
  6. Development - Guide for contributing to the module

Description

vandelin586/splunk ensures that splunk (windows) is installed the services are running and connected to the splunk admin server. The splunk admin server details are within our global.yaml hiera file.

Setup

What splunk affects OPTIONAL

This has been tested on Windows 2012

This module uses 'puppet-archive', '1.3.0' to obtain the software from my artifactory server.

Setup Requirements OPTIONAL

Beginning with splunk

Usage

vandelin586/splunk uses the following hiera data to allow the module to function -Artifactory_host - Contains URL to artifactory holding the splunk MSI file -splunkadmsrv - Contains the Splunk admin server the clients connect to -splunkdir - Is a hiera value where to locate the package on remote client -winsplunkport - The port the Splunk client uses to communicate with Splunk admin server

Reference

Limitations

Puppet Server v2016.4.2 Tested on Windows Server 2012 Splunk version splunkforwarder-6.5.2-67571

Development

I know there is a Splunk module out there and perhaps I will use this module as the customer now wants this supported on Linux and Windows systems. This module with the correct hiera input will install on Windows 2012

Release Notes/Contributors/Etc. Optional

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