Splunk Setup

This is a step by step guide to setting Splunk to receive logs from the Tyk Pump.

The assumptions are that you have Docker installed and Tyk Pro Self-Managed already running.

1. Run Splunk using Docker

Assuming you have Docker installed locally, run the following from a terminal:

$ docker run \
-p 8000:8000 \
-p 8088:8088 \
-v splunk-data:/opt/splunk/var \
-v splunk-data:/opt/splunk/etc \
-e SPLUNK_START_ARGS=--accept-license \
-e SPLUNK_PASSWORD=mypassword \
splunk/splunk:latest

2. Setup a collector in Splunk

A) Visit http://localhost:8000 and log into the Splunk Dashboard using the username admin and the password we set in the Docker run command, mypassword

B) Create a new Data input

C) Select HTTP Event Collector -> Add New

D) Set the name to “tyk” and then leave everything else as default

Grab your token at the end page:

3. Add the Splunk bit to pump.conf

Edit your pump’s pump.conf and add this bit to the “Pumps” section, like so, adding the token from step #1:

Make sure to add your token from the previous step into the collector_token field above

{
    "pumps": {
        "splunk": {
            "type": "splunk",
            "meta": {
                "collector_token": "<token>",
                "collector_url": "https://localhost:8088/services/collector/event",
                "ssl_insecure_skip_verify": true
            }
        }
    }
}

4. Restart Tyk Pump to pickup the Splunk config

If you are running Tyk Pump in Docker:

$ docker restart tyk-pump

5. PROFIT!

Let’s make a few API calls against Tyk, and see if they flow into Splunk

$ curl localhost:8080/loan-service-api/

{
    "error": "Key not authorized"
}%

Success: