Launch Splunk Web

After you download and install the software, you must start Splunk Enterprise and launch Splunk Web.

• Start Splunk Enterprise on Linux
• Start Splunk Enterprise on Windows
• Start Splunk Enterprise on Mac OS X

Start Splunk Enterprise on Linux

After you install Splunk Enterprise, use the Splunk CLI to start Splunk Enterprise.

Prerequisite
You need to understand how to access the CLI. See About the CLI in the Admin Manual.

Steps

1. Simplify the CLI access by adding a SPLUNK_HOME environment variable for the top-level installation directory, and adding $SPLUNK_HOME/bin to your shell's path.
   If you installed in the default location for Linux, then your export path looks like this:

   # export SPLUNK_HOME=/opt/splunk
   # export PATH=$SPLUNK_HOME/bin:$PATH
   

   
   If you installed in another location, use that path for the SPLUNK_HOME environment variable.

2. In the CLI, to start Splunk Enterprise type $SPLUNK_HOME/bin/splunk start
3. Accept the Splunk Enterprise license.
   After you run the start command, Splunk Enterprise displays the license agreement and prompts you to accept the license before the startup sequence continues.
   
   Troubleshooting: If you have problems starting Splunk Enterprise, see Start Splunk Enterprise for the first time in the Installation Manual.
4. Now login to Splunk Web.

Useful CLI commands

If you need to stop, restart, or check the status of your Splunk Enterprise server, use these CLI commands:

$ splunk stop
$ splunk restart
$ splunk status

Start Splunk Enterprise on Windows

After the Windows installation finishes, Splunk Enterprise starts and opens Splunk Web in your browser.

If Splunk Enterprise does not start, use one of the following options to start it.

• Start Splunk Enterprise from the Start menu.
• Use the Windows Services Manager to start Splunk Enterprise.
• Open a cmd window, go to \Program Files\Splunk\bin, and type splunk start.

Now login to Splunk Web.

Start Splunk Enterprise on Mac OS X

In Mac OS X, you can start Splunk Enterprise from your desktop.

1. Double-click the Splunk icon on your desktop.
2. The first time you run the helper application, it notifies you that it needs to perform an initialization. Click OK. Splunk Enterprise initializes and sets up the Trial license.
3. In the Splunk's Little Helper window, select Start and Show Splunk. This option starts Splunk Enterprise and directs your web browser to open a page to Splunk Web. You can also use the Splunk's Little Helper application to stop Splunk Enterprise.
4. Now login to Splunk Web.

Login to Splunk Web

Splunk Web runs by default on port 8000 of the host on which it is installed. If you use Splunk Enterprise on your local machine, the URL to access Splunk Web is http://localhost:8000.

When you launch Splunk Enterprise for the first time, this login screen appears.

1. Login using the username admin and the password that you specified when you installed Splunk Enterprise.



2. The Help us improve Splunk software window appears. Read each of the types of usage collection and click OK or Skip.

The first page you see is Splunk Home.

Next step

You have downloaded the tutorial data files and installed Splunk Enterprise.

Continue to Navigating Splunk Web.