How to setup app » History » Version 3
Luke Murphey, 09/19/2016 07:20 PM
| 1 | 1 | Luke Murphey | h1. How to setup app |
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| 3 | 1 | Luke Murphey | h2. Install the app |
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| 5 | 1 | Luke Murphey | See https://answers.splunk.com/answers/51894/how-to-install-a-splunk-app.html for how to do this. |
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| 7 | 1 | Luke Murphey | h2. Grant capabilities to user accounts |
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| 9 | 1 | Luke Murphey | The FTP receiver app supports several capabilities to controls which user accounts can access the FTP server. To do set this up, create a user in Splunk and then assign one or more of the following capabilities: |
| 10 | 1 | Luke Murphey | * *ftp_read*: can download data from the FTP server |
| 11 | 1 | Luke Murphey | * *ftp_write*: can upload files to the FTP server |
| 12 | 1 | Luke Murphey | * *ftp_full_control*: ability to do all things on the FTP server (read, write, delete, etc) |
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| 14 | 1 | Luke Murphey | Only accounts with one of these capabilities will be able to authenticate to the FTP server. Note that the username and password of the Splunk user account will be the username and password used for authenticating with the FTP server. |
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| 16 | 1 | Luke Murphey | h2. Create an input |
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| 18 | 1 | Luke Murphey | Finally, create an FTP input to start the FTP server. To configure one, create a new input in the Manager under Data inputs > FTP. |