Configuring Splunk Connection in PowerConnect for SAP HANA DB
- Ben Bramley
Overview
The PowerConnect for SAP HANA DB Agent can be configured to send its data to a Splunk HTTP Event Collector endpoint
Configuration Steps
The agent is configured using a properties file located in the PowerConnect installation directory under the conf folder e.g.
/opt/powerconnect/conf/powerconnect-hana-db.properties
Modify the file and update it with the details of your Splunk HEC endpoint. An example configuration snippet and the Splunk HEC configuration options are shown below.
splunk_hec_url="http://1.1.1.1:8088"
splunk_hec_key="123-456-789-1011-1213"
splunk_index="sap"Configuration Options
Configuration | Description | Required | Default Value | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
splunk_hec_url | The url of the Splunk HEC endpoint | True | Â | Â e.g. http://mysplunkhost:8088 |
splunk_hec_key | The Splunk HEC token | True | Â | Â |
splunk_index | The Splunk index where the data will be stored | True | sap | Â |
splunk_hec_retry | Enables retries for the Splunk HEC endpoint | False | false |  |
splunk_hec_retry_count | Number of times to retry | False | 3Â | Â |
splunk_hec_retry_interval | Interval between retries (ms) | False | 10000 | Â |