Splunk® App for VMware (Legacy)

Installation and Configuration Guide

On August 31, 2022, the Splunk App for VMware will reach its end of life. After this date, Splunk will no longer maintain or develop this product. The functionality in this app is migrating to a content pack in Data Integrations. Learn about the Content Pack for VMware Dashboards and Reports.
This documentation does not apply to the most recent version of Splunk® App for VMware (Legacy). For documentation on the most recent version, go to the latest release.

Administering credentials files

As part of ongoing solution administration, you can change the settings in the credentials.conf file.

If you modify the file you must:

  1. Re-run credentials.pl and re-generate the file based on the updated engine.conf files.
  2. Change the credentials.conf file itself and then re-run credentials.pl on the existing file.

How to edit the credentials.conf file

Add an entry

Note: Performing these steps will OVERWRITE your current credentials.conf file.

  1. Open the existing credentials.conf file with an editor.
  2. Add the stanza as clear text .
  3. Save the file.
  4. Run: credentials.pl -f credentials.conf

Delete an entry

  1. Open the existing credentials.conf file with an editor.
  2. Delete the stanza containing the entry.
  3. Save the file.

Update an entry

Note: Performing these steps will OVERWRITE your current credentials.conf file.

  1. Open the existing credentials.conf file with an editor.
  2. Edit the file to make the changes.
  3. Replace the password with a clear-text version of the password. Be sure you delete the {RC4}\0 at the beginning and the \0 at the end.
  4. Save the file.
  5. Run: credentials.pl -f credentials.conf
Last modified on 17 September, 2012
Creating service accounts   Password obfuscation

This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk® App for VMware (Legacy): 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 2.0

Acrobat logo Download manual
Acrobat logo Download this page

Was this topic useful?







You must be logged into splunk.com in order to post comments. Log in now.

Please try to keep this discussion focused on the content covered in this documentation topic. If you have a more general question about Splunk functionality or are experiencing a difficulty with Splunk, consider posting a question to Splunkbase Answers.

0 out of 1000 Characters