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Overview
User Interface
Data Inputs
Data Outputs
Management

CLI for management

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CLI for management

User Accounts

Splunk user accounts can be created and maintained through the CLI. An Enterprise license is required for user accounts.


Actions

Default Argument

Parameters

Examples 

splunk add user -username algore -full-name "Al Gore" -password pa55word
splunk edit user algore -role user

Controls

Commands for sysadmins to start and stop Splunk Server processes, and to check the syntax of configuration files for errors.


Actions

Contexts

Default Argument

Parameters

--nodaemon only starts splunkd, start the GUI manually with {start splunk splunkweb} in another shell.


Examples 

splunk start

splunk start --nodaemon

splunk restart splunkd

splunk stop splunkweb
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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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