Maintaining a reliable backup strategy is crucial when working with Splunk Enterprise, as it ensures the ability to revert back to a functional state in the event of an unrecoverable issue. In this article, we will explore a simple yet effective method of backing up Splunk’s /opt/splunk/etc directory.
Let’s take a look at how to set up key-based authentication for SSH. This method is useful for building scripts that require connections to other hosts or just for everyday quality of life improvements. A similar setup can be used for authenticating to a Linux host from a modern Windows installation.
Tar is a widely used command-line utility for archiving and compressing files and directories on Linux systems. It provides a convenient way to create and manage compressed tar archives. Here is a handy cheat sheet for using tar with different operations.
Have you forgotten your Splunk admin credentials and have no way of resetting them? This process walks through resetting the credentials from the CLI.
Lets take a look at the steps needed to install Splunk 9.x on a Ubuntu Linux server.