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Enable distributed search via the CLI

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Enable distributed search via the CLI

You can also enable distributed search via Splunk's CLI.


Configuration

To use Splunk's CLI, navigate to the $SPLUNK_HOME/bin/ directory and use the ./splunk command. You can also add Splunk to your path and use the splunk command.


Enable distributed search:

splunk enable dist-search -auth admin:changeme
Distributed search enabled.
You need to restart the Splunk Server for your changes to take effect.

Enable auto-discovery:

splunk enable discoverable -auth admin:changeme
Discoverable mode is now enabled.
You need to restart the Splunk Server for your changes to take effect.

Add a search server:

splunk add search-server -host 10.10.10.10 -port 8888 -auth admin:changeme
Success.
You need to restart the Splunk Server for your changes to take effect.

This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk: 3.0 , 3.0.1 , 3.0.2 , 3.1 , 3.1.1 , 3.1.2 , 3.1.3 , 3.1.4 View the Article History for its revisions.


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