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# Events to Splunk

## Overview

Events to Splunk sends event data directly from the device to Splunk, in addition to or instead of the default BFE/EMS backend. By default, Splunk forwarding is disabled.

## User Guide

To configure Events to Splunk, complete the following steps:

1. Set `useSplunk` to true to enable sending events to Splunk in addition to the EMS backend.
2. Set `splunkUrl` to the host and port of your Splunk HTTP Event Collector.
3. Set `splunkAuthToken` to the auth token defined in your Splunk Event Collector.
4. Set `splunkApiPath` to the API path appended to `splunkUrl` (e.g. services/collector/raw).
5. Optionally configure `splunkSource`, `splunkSourceType`, and `ignoreSSLCerts` as needed.

## Configuration

### Enabling Splunk Forwarding

To enable sending events to Splunk in addition to the EMS backend, set `useSplunk` to `true`:

```json
"bfSupportAgent": {
"useSplunk": true
}
```

### Configuring the Splunk Endpoint

Set `splunkUrl` to the host and port of the Splunk HTTP Event Collector, and `splunkApiPath` to the API path appended to it:

```json
"bfSupportAgent": {
"useSplunk": true,
"splunkUrl": "https://splunk.example.com:8088",
"splunkApiPath": "services/collector/raw"
}
```

### Configuring the Splunk Auth Token

Set `splunkAuthToken` to the auth token defined in the Splunk Event Collector:

```json
"bfSupportAgent": {
"useSplunk": true,
"splunkAuthToken": "your-splunk-token"
}
```

### Configuring Splunk Source and Source Type

Optionally set `splunkSource` and `splunkSourceType` to override the Splunk source and sourcetype fields:

```json
"bfSupportAgent": {
"useSplunk": true,
"splunkSource": "bluefletch-sa6",
"splunkSourceType": "bluefletch:event"
}
```

### Configuring SSL Certificate Handling

To ignore SSL certificate issues during Splunk event posting, set `ignoreSSLCerts` to `true`:

```json
"bfSupportAgent": {
"useSplunk": true,
"ignoreSSLCerts": true
}
```

This table provides the settings for the Events to Splunk feature.

| Configuration      | Type    | Default | Description                                                     |
| ------------------ | ------- | ------- | --------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `useSplunk`        | Boolean | false   | Enables sending events to Splunk in addition to the EMS backend |
| `splunkUrl`        | String  | -       | Host/port of the Splunk HTTP Event Collector                    |
| `splunkAuthToken`  | String  | -       | Auth token defined in the Splunk Event Collector                |
| `splunkSource`     | String  | -       | Optional Splunk source field override                           |
| `splunkSourceType` | String  | -       | Optional Splunk sourcetype field override                       |
| `splunkApiPath`    | String  | -       | API path appended to splunkUrl, e.g. services/collector/raw     |
| `ignoreSSLCerts`   | Boolean | false   | Ignore SSL certificate issues during Splunk event posting       |

### Error Handling

| Scenario                                                   | Expected behavior                                                                     | Recovery                                                         |
| ---------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `splunkUrl/splunkAuthToken` missing while `useSplunk=true` | Splunk POST fails/is skipped (event still delivered to EMS backend if that succeeded) | Fix configuration; no automatic retry specific to Splunk         |
| Splunk endpoint unreachable                                | Logged failure; does not affect the primary EMS backend delivery, which happens first | N/A — Splunk forwarding is fire-and-forget after primary success |
| SSL certificate error                                      | Request fails unless `ignoreSSLCerts=true`                                            | Set `ignoreSSLCerts` or fix the certificate                      |

### Logging and Troubleshooting 

**Problem: Events are not appearing in Splunk.**

Check: 

1.  Is useSplunk set to true in the effective configuration (visible in Advanced Tools → Config Viewer)? 
2. Are splunkUrl, splunkAuthToken, and splunkApiPath all populated? 
3. Is the primary EMS backend send succeeding? (Splunk forwarding only happens after a successful primary send — see step 3 above.) 
4. Check SupportAppRepository logs for the Splunk POST response code.

## Putting It All Together

For the example described above, the full configuration for the Events to Splunk feature is as follows:

```json
"bfSupportAgent": {
 "useSplunk": true,
 "splunkUrl": "https://splunk.example.com:8088",
 "splunkAuthToken": "your-splunk-token",
 "splunkSource": "bluefletch-sa6",
 "splunkSourceType": "bluefletch:event",
 "splunkApiPath": "services/collector/raw",
 "ignoreSSLCerts": false
}
```


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