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This example works for Linux/BSD/Solaris users who installed Splunk Enterprise in the default location: If you installed Splunk Enterprise in a different directory, specify that directory in the following commands. If you have administrator or root privileges, you can simplify CLI access by adding the top level directory of your Splunk Enterprise installation, $SPLUNK_HOME/bin, to your shell path.

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You can look up help information for the CLI using:įor more information about how to access help for specific CLI commands or tasks, see 'Get help with the CLI' and 'Administrative CLI commands' in this manual. Some commands require that you authenticate with a username and password or specify a target Splunk server. Search commands are arguments to the search and dispatch CLI commands. The CLI commands that configure and monitor Splunk are not search commands. If you have administrator privileges, you can use the CLI not only to search but also to configure and monitor your Splunk Enterprise instance or instances. Permission to access the correct port on a remote Splunk Enterprise instance.

Access to a Splunk platform instance or forwarder, or.A shell prompt, command prompt, or PowerShell session.To access the Splunk Enterprise CLI, you must have: You can find the Splunk Enterprise installation path on your instance through Splunk Web by clicking Settings > Server settings > General settings. On Windows machines, the CLI appears in the %SPLUNK_HOME%in directory. The Splunk Enterprise CLI is located in the $SPLUNK_HOME/bin directory of the Splunk Enterprise installation. Read this topic to learn how to access the CLI. The CLI help exists in the product and is accessible through a terminal window or command or shell prompt.

You can use the Splunk Enterprise command line interface (CLI) to monitor, configure, and run searches and other tasks.

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