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About the Admin Config Service (ACS) API

The Admin Config Service (ACS) is a cloud-native API that provides programmatic self-service administration capabilities for Splunk Cloud Platform. Splunk Cloud Platform administrators can use the ACS API to perform common administrative tasks without assistance from Splunk Support.

The ACS API lets you:

You must have the sc_admin (Splunk Cloud Platform Administrator) role to use the ACS API.

For ACS API requirements, see Admin Config Service (ACS) requirements and compatibility matrix.

For information on how to set up and use the ACS API, see Basic setup and usage concepts for the ACS API.

For ACS API endpoint details, see the Admin Config Service (ACS) API endpoints reference.

For instructions on how to perform ACS operations using the ACS CLI, see Administer Splunk Cloud Platform using the ACS CLI.

For information on new ACS features, see Admin Configuration Service in Release Notes.

Last modified on 05 May, 2022
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Admin Config Service (ACS) requirements and compatibility matrix

This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk Cloud Platform: 8.2.2112, 8.2.2201, 8.2.2202


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