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chef-splunk (93) Versions 10.0.0

Manage Splunk Enterprise or Splunk Universal Forwarder

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cookbook 'chef-splunk', '~> 10.0.0', :supermarket
cookbook 'chef-splunk', '~> 10.0.0'
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chef-splunk Cookbook

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This cookbook provides custom resources for managing Splunk Enterprise and Splunk Universal Forwarder.

Requirements

Chef Infra Client 16.0 or newer.

Migration

Version 10.0 removes the public recipe and node attribute API. See [migration.md](migration.md) for the breaking change details and examples.

Platforms

The supported platform list follows Splunk 10.0 package availability and this cookbook's Kitchen matrix:

  • AlmaLinux 9, 10
  • Amazon Linux 2023
  • Debian 12, 13
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, 10
  • Rocky Linux 9, 10
  • Ubuntu 22.04, 24.04
  • openSUSE Leap 16

See [LIMITATIONS.md](LIMITATIONS.md) for platform and architecture notes.

Resources

  • [splunk_app](documentation/splunk_app.md)
  • [splunk_auth](documentation/splunk_auth.md)
  • [splunk_client](documentation/splunk_client.md)
  • [splunk_clustering](documentation/splunk_clustering.md)
  • [splunk_index](documentation/splunk_index.md)
  • [splunk_installer](documentation/splunk_installer.md)
  • [splunk_monitor](documentation/splunk_monitor.md)
  • [splunk_server](documentation/splunk_server.md)
  • [splunk_service](documentation/splunk_service.md)
  • [splunk_shclustering](documentation/splunk_shclustering.md)
  • [splunk_ssl](documentation/splunk_ssl.md)
  • [splunk_user](documentation/splunk_user.md)

Examples

Install and configure a Universal Forwarder:

splunk_client 'default' do
  accept_license true
  auth 'admin:changeme'
  server_list ['splunk.example.com:9997']
end

Install and configure a Splunk Enterprise server:

splunk_server 'default' do
  accept_license true
  auth 'admin:changeme'
  receiver_port '9997'
  web_port '8000'
end

Add a monitor stanza:

splunk_monitor '/var/log/messages' do
  inputs_conf_path '/opt/splunkforwarder/etc/apps/SplunkUniversalForwarder/default/inputs.conf'
  sourcetype 'linux_messages_syslog'
  index 'os'
end

Maintainers

This cookbook is maintained by the Sous Chefs. The Sous Chefs are a community of Chef cookbook maintainers working together to maintain important cookbooks.

Dependent cookbooks

This cookbook has no specified dependencies.

Contingent cookbooks

There are no cookbooks that are contingent upon this one.

splunk CHANGELOG

This file is used to list changes made in each version of the splunk cookbook.

10.0.0 (2026-05-20)

⚠ BREAKING CHANGES

  • migrate chef-splunk to custom resources (#277)

Features

  • migrate chef-splunk to custom resources (#277) (a62cbf3)

9.2.28 (2025-11-20)

Bug Fixes

  • ci: Update CHANGELOG formatting for release pipeline (#268) (2e847f5)
  • ci: Update workflows to use release pipeline (#266) (9f7c959)

9.2.27 (2025-10-15)

Bug Fixes

  • ci: Update CHANGELOG formatting for release pipeline (#268) (2e847f5)
  • ci: Update workflows to use release pipeline (#266) (9f7c959)

9.2.26 - 2025-09-04

9.2.25 - 2025-09-04

9.2.24 - 2024-11-18

Standardise files with files in sous-chefs/repo-management

Standardise files with files in sous-chefs/repo-management

9.2.23 - 2024-10-07

Standardise files with files in sous-chefs/repo-management

9.2.22 - 2024-05-03

9.2.21 - 2024-05-03

9.2.20 - 2023-10-03

Reverse enable and start actions for systemd managed Splunkd.service

9.2.2 - 2022-12-11

9.2.19 - 2023-10-03

9.2.18 - 2023-09-29

9.2.17 - 2023-08-30

9.2.16 - 2023-05-17

9.2.15 - 2023-05-03

9.2.14 - 2023-04-07

Standardise files with files in sous-chefs/repo-management

9.2.13 - 2023-04-01

9.2.12 - 2023-04-01

9.2.11 - 2023-04-01

Standardise files with files in sous-chefs/repo-management

9.2.10 - 2023-03-20

Standardise files with files in sous-chefs/repo-management

9.2.9 - 2023-03-15

Standardise files with files in sous-chefs/repo-management

9.2.8 - 2023-03-02

9.2.7 - 2023-02-23

Standardise files with files in sous-chefs/repo-management

9.2.6 - 2023-02-16

Standardise files with files in sous-chefs/repo-management

9.2.5 - 2023-02-14

Standardise files with files in sous-chefs/repo-management

9.2.4 - 2023-02-14

9.2.3 - 2023-02-07

  • Fix CI and MDL issues

9.2.2 - 2022-12-11

  • Standardise files with files in sous-chefs/repo-management
  • Remove delivery folder

9.2.1 - 2022-02-03

  • Standardise files with files in sous-chefs/repo-management

9.2.0 - 2021-09-24

  • Align index name validation in splunk_monitor and splunk_index resources with Splunk docs

9.1.0 - 2021-09-23

  • Add SUSE support

9.0.0 - 2021-09-23

  • Require Chef 16 for Chef Vault functionality

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