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Use Splunk Web with a reverse proxy configuration

Splunk web can be placed behind a proxy in a reverse proxy type of configuration. If you are hosting Splunk Web behind a proxy that does not place Splunk Web at the proxy's root, you may need to configure the root_endpoint setting in $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/system/local/web.conf.

For example if your proxy hosts Splunk Web at "yourhost.com:9000/splunk", root_endpoint should be set to /splunk.

Note: The App Manager is not supported for use with a proxy server, if you use a proxy server with Splunk Web, you must download and update apps manually.

Typical Reverse Proxy Configuration

Lets take an example where Splunk Web is accessed via http://splunk.example.com:8000/lzone instead of http://splunk.example.com:8000/.

For enable this behavior, please set the following in web.conf 

root_endpoint=/lzone

For a Apache proxy server, you would then make it visible to the proxy by mapping it in httpd.conf. Please check the documentation for additional information. 

# Maps remote servers into the local server URL-space
ProxyPass /lzone http://splunkweb.splunk.com:8000/lzone

#Adjusts the URL in HTTP response headers sent from a reverse proxied server
ProxyPassReverse /lzone http://splunkweb.splunk.com:8000/lzone
Last modified on 20 June, 2017
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This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk® Enterprise: 6.3.0, 6.3.1, 6.3.2, 6.3.3, 6.3.4, 6.3.5, 6.3.6, 6.3.7, 6.3.8, 6.3.9, 6.3.10, 6.3.11, 6.3.12, 6.3.13, 6.3.14, 6.4.0, 6.4.1, 6.4.2, 6.4.3, 6.4.4, 6.4.5, 6.4.6, 6.4.7, 6.4.8, 6.4.9, 6.4.10, 6.4.11, 6.5.0, 6.5.1, 6.5.2, 6.5.3, 6.5.4, 6.5.5, 6.5.6, 6.5.7, 6.5.8, 6.5.9, 6.5.10, 6.6.0, 6.6.1, 6.6.2, 6.6.3, 6.6.4, 6.6.5, 6.6.6, 6.6.7, 6.6.8, 6.6.9, 6.6.10, 6.6.11, 6.6.12, 7.0.0, 7.0.1, 7.0.2, 7.0.3, 7.0.4, 7.0.5, 7.0.6, 7.0.7, 7.0.8, 7.0.9, 7.0.10, 7.0.11, 7.0.13, 7.1.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 7.1.3, 7.1.4, 7.1.5, 7.1.6, 7.1.7, 7.1.8, 7.1.9, 7.1.10, 7.2.0, 7.2.1, 7.2.2, 7.2.3, 7.2.4, 7.2.5, 7.2.6, 7.2.7, 7.2.8, 7.2.9, 7.2.10, 7.3.0, 7.3.1, 7.3.2, 7.3.3, 7.3.4, 7.3.5, 7.3.6, 7.3.7, 8.0.0, 8.0.1, 8.0.2, 8.0.3, 8.0.4, 8.0.5, 8.0.6, 8.1.0

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