Manivel: Splunk Installation on Centos

Here i have shown how to install Splunk.

You can download free version (upto 500MB/per day) of the Splunk from official website link.

Here already i have download , extracted and moved under /opt/ directory.

Goto splunk bin directory and start the splunk service with license agreement

[root@monitoring ]# cd /opt/splunk/bin

[root@monitoring bin]# ./splunk start --accept-license

This appears to be your first time running this version of Splunk.
Copying '/opt/splunk/etc/openldap/ldap.conf.default' to '/opt/splunk/etc/openldap/ldap.conf'.
Generating RSA private key, 1024 bit long modulus
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e is 65537 (0x10001)
writing RSA key

Generating RSA private key, 1024 bit long modulus
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e is 65537 (0x10001)
writing RSA key

Moving '/opt/splunk/share/splunk/search_mrsparkle/modules.new' to '/opt/splunk/share/splunk/search_mrsparkle/modules'.

Splunk> Australian for grep.

Checking prerequisites...
    Checking http port [8000]: open
    Checking mgmt port [8089]: open
    Checking appserver port [127.0.0.1:8065]: open
    Checking kvstore port [8191]: open
    Checking configuration... Done.
        Creating: /opt/splunk/var/lib/splunk
        Creating: /opt/splunk/var/run/splunk
        Creating: /opt/splunk/var/run/splunk/appserver/i18n
        Creating: /opt/splunk/var/run/splunk/appserver/modules/static/css
        Creating: /opt/splunk/var/run/splunk/upload
        Creating: /opt/splunk/var/spool/splunk
        Creating: /opt/splunk/var/spool/dirmoncache
        Creating: /opt/splunk/var/lib/splunk/authDb
        Creating: /opt/splunk/var/lib/splunk/hashDb
    Checking critical directories...    Done
    Checking indexes...
        Validated: _audit _blocksignature _internal _introspection _thefishbucket history main summary
    Done
New certs have been generated in '/opt/splunk/etc/auth'.
    Checking filesystem compatibility... Done
    Checking conf files for problems...
    Done
All preliminary checks passed.

Starting splunk server daemon (splunkd)...
Generating a 1024 bit RSA private key
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writing new private key to 'privKeySecure.pem'
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Signature ok
subject=/CN=monitoring/O=SplunkUser
Getting CA Private Key
writing RSA key
Done
                                                           [ OK ]

Waiting for web server at http://127.0.0.1:8000 to be available.... Done

If you get stuck, we're here to help.
Look for answers here: http://docs.splunk.com

The Splunk web interface is at http://monitoring:8000

Now go to the browser and type http://127.0.0.1:8000 or http://ipaddress:8000. my machine ip address 10.177.7.7.