updated the Java SDK
updated the Java SDK
updated the Java SDK
in order to support huge modular input configuration xml strings when users want to run a very large number of inputs on 1 single instance of this app , we had to change the way that the child java process is invoked. Previously the xml string was passed as a program argument which could break the max argument size in the Linux kernel. Now we changed the logic to pass the xml string to the java process via the STDIN pipe.
The app performs periodic socket pings to the splunkd management port to determine if splunkd is still alive and if splunkd is not responding , usually because it has exited or is not network reachable, then the app self exits it's running java process.The default timeout is now 300 seconds. You can change this timeout value in bin/kafka.py by setting the SPLUNKD_TIMEOUT_SECS
variable.
upgraded internal logging libraries to Log4j2 v2.17.2
fixed a bug in getting credentials from storage/passwords
upgraded internal logging libraries to Log4j2 v2.17.0
upgraded internal logging libraries to Log4j2 v2.16.0
upgraded internal logging libraries to Log4j2 v2.15.0
Setup Credentials
menu tab and enter any kafka usernames/passwords you require.Upgraded core Kafka libraries. ZooKeeper is no longer required to establish connections.You can now connect directly to a Kafka bootstrap server.
upgraded logging functionality
docs update
added a setup page to encrypt any credentials you require in your configuration
enforced python3 for execution of the modular input script.If you require Python2.7 , then download a prior version (such as 1.5).
Dual Python 2.7 and 3+ compatibility.
App will run on :
Splunk Enterprise versions back to Splunk 5 where there is only a Python 2.7 runtime shipped
Splunk Enterprise version 8 where there is both a Python 2.7 and Python 3+ runtime shipped
Future versions of Splunk Enterprise where there is only a Python 3+ runtime
added JAXB dependencies for JRE 9+
fixed Splunk 8 compatibility for manager.xml file
cosmetic fixes
cosmetic fixes
updated docs
added trial key functionality
docs updated
minor manager xml ui tweak for 7.1
Added an activation key requirement , visit http://www.baboonbones.com/#activation to obtain a free,non-expiring key
Docs updated
Splunk 7.1 compatible
Added a new custom handler : com.splunk.modinput.kafka.CSVWithHeaderDecoderHandler
This allows you to roll out CSV files (with or without header) into KV or JSON before indexing.
Example config you could pass to the custom message handler when you declare it
headers=header1:header2:header3,outputFormat=json,hasHeaderRow=false
Better JSON handling for HEC output (hat tip to Tivo)
Better logging around HEC success/failure
Can now add custom timestamp into HEC payload
New custom handler (JSONBodyWithTimeExtraction) for pulling out timestamp from JSON messages from Kafka and adding this into HEC payload
Added support to optional output to Splunk via a HEC (HTTP Event Collector) endpoint
Added support for raw connection string format so that multiple zookeeper hosts
can be provided in a comma delimited manner
ie: hostname1:port1,hostname2:port2,hostname3:port3/chroot/path
Added chroot support for zookeeper connection strings
Enabled TLS1.2 support by default.
Made the core Modular Input Framework compatible with latest Splunk Java SDK
Please use a Java Runtime version 7+
If you need to use SSLv3 , you can turn this on in bin/kafka.py
SECURE_TRANSPORT = "tls"
You can now pass a charset name to the DefaultHandler
Initial beta release
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