How to Install Splunk on Red Hat Linux 7

April 9, 2019 | By the+gnu+linux+evangelist.

Splunk RedHat Linux 7 - Installing

  1. 3. Installing Splunk

    Then to Set up Splunk on Red Hat Linux
    First, Access the Target, usually in the Downloads folder:
    (But if downloaded with Firefox it can be instead into /tmp/mozilla*)

    cd && cd Downloads

    To Check that there is run:

    ls . | splunk

    And to Setup Splunk:

    sudo rpm -ivh splunk*.rpm
  2. 4. Setting Up Splunk User

    Now to Enable the Splunk User Shell Login
    Simply Set a Password with:

    sudo passwd splunk

    Now Login with this Pass as the splunk User:

    su splunk
  3. 5. Amending User’s Path

    Again Append Splunk into the Path
    This to simplify Working with Splunk on CLI:

    echo 'export PATH=$PATH:/opt/splunk/bin' >> ~/.bashrc

    Finally, Reload the Path with:

    bash

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