Splunk stores the configuration values in files in the /opt/splunkforwarder directory structure. Splunk client Description Location Splunk Deployment server /opt/splunkforwarder/etc/system/local/deploymentclient.conf Example targetUri = DEPLOYMENT_SERVER_URL:8089 Splunk Forwarder address /opt/splunkforwarder/etc/apps/tcpout-aws/local/outputs.conf Example server = FORWARDER1_ADDRESS:9997,FORWARDER2_ADDRESS:9997 Linux event log. Splunk tails this file. /var/log/messages To log a message in the Linux event log logger “My message” To …
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Splunk lookups
Lookups provide readable information to users, so they don’t have to understand the returned codes in the reports. Lookups are defined for a specific app, and not accessible from other apps. Lookup options Lookup code, description (input, output) values can be defined in multiple ways Comma delimited text file (csv), Search results saved as lookup …
The Splunk Search Language (SPL)
Search Terms: see Searching in Splunk Commands: tell Splunk what we want to do with the search result Charts Computing statistics Formatting Functions: explain how we want to chart, compute and evaluate the results Arguments: variables we apply to the functions Clauses: grouping and definition of results Separator Use pipes (|) to separate the components …
Create a server image with Packer
Packer is a free, open-source application from Hashicorp. It can generate a server image based on an existing one, and configure it for your special needs. You can use the generated image when you launch a server instance in the cloud or on your local workstation. Install Packer Download Packer from https://www.packer.io/downloads.html, Unzip the downloaded ZIP …
Chef Attributes
Chef attributes are global variables that are available for every cookbook on the node. There are multiple formats to declare and use an attribute. For important notes on the syntax, please see Undefined method or attribute error in a Chef recipe. To override the value of an attribute that is defined in another cookbook, use the …
Prevent the auto-termination of stranded instances in RighScale
When you launch an instance with RightScale Self Service, and the Chef cookbook execution fails, the instance goes into “stranded” mode. By default RightScale Self Service terminates the stranded instances, so there is no way to remote into them and read log files to find the cause of the problem. To keep stranded instances running in RightScale …
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Getting started with InSpec
InSpec is an open-source testing framework to verify your infrastructure satisfies the design requirements. In this article, we will learn to install and use InSpec with Chef. Install InSpec Navigate to https://downloads.chef.io/inspec, and download the installer for the operating system of your workstation, Execute the downloaded installer. Allow InSpec to verify Red Hat Enterprise Linux instances InSpec needs …
Undefined method or attribute error in a Chef recipe
There are multiple reasons Chef can display the following error message NoMethodError ————- Undefined method or attribute `…’ on `node’ There are many ways to reference an attribute in a Chef recipe: node[‘ATTRIBUTE_NAME’] (the recommended style) node[“ATTRIBUTE_NAME”] node[:ATTRIBUTE_NAME] (use it only if the single or double quotes (‘ or “) would cause a problem …
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How to restore a Microsoft SQL database from backup with the Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (MSSMS) user interface
There are multiple reasons to restore a database from backup. One of them can be disaster recovery, the other is to bring the production database to the developer machine. In both cases, the computer already has the old version of the database. In the new version of Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (MSSMS) we cannot find …
Error waiting for instance (i-…) to become ready: unexpected state ‘terminated’, wanted target ‘running’
When you launch a server instance with Terraform, sometimes the error message does not contain the underlying cause. When the cloud provider cannot complete the request, many times Terraform displays a generic error message: Error waiting for instance (i-…) to become ready: unexpected state ‘terminated’, wanted target ‘running’ To find the root cause of the …