Description

Cookbook version of the Chef Exception & Reporting Handler for Splunk.

Requirements

The chef_handler cookbook.

Attributes

This cookbook uses the following attributes to configure how it is installed.

Required Attributes

• node['chef_client']['handler']['splunk']['username'] - Username for Splunk Server.
• node['chef_client']['handler']['splunk']['username'] - Password for Splunk Server.
• node['chef_client']['handler']['splunk']['host'] - Splunk Server Host Name.

Optional Attributes

• node['chef_client']['handler']['splunk']['port'] - Splunk Server Management Port (Default '8089').
• node['chef_client']['handler']['splunk']['index'] - Index to use on the Splunk Server (Default 'main').
• node['chef_client']['handler']['splunk']['scheme'] - Protocol Scheme to use when connecting to the Splunk Server (Default 'https').

Usage

1. Set at least the username, password and host Attributes on a Node.
2. Add the splunk_handler Cookbook to a Node's Run List.

Source

https://github.com/ampledata/cookbook-splunk_handler

Author

Author:: Greg Albrecht (mailto:gba@splunk.com) for splunk_handler.
Author:: Peter Donald for graphite_handler.

Credits

The splunk_handler Cookbook is based on the graphite_handler Cookbook
written by Peter Donald.

Copyright

Copyright 2012 Splunk, Inc.

License

Apache License 2.0. See LICENSE.txt