monitor splunk license usage programatically

Is it possible to monitor the Splunk license remotely anymore? With Splunk 4.1 I was using the http://splunkserver:8089/services/license/license page to parse currentDailyUsageAmount, licenseDailyUsageLimit, expirationDate, etc.

Previous to Splunk 4.1 there was yet another method that was used to get license information. It seems that this changes every release.

asked 15 Jul '11, 15:49

chrisrex
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I wrote a nagios script with PHP to get what I needed via REST. Send me a message if you want the script. It is basically this though:

Get the sessionKey
Authenticate with sessionKey to /services/licenser/licenses/$licenseId with sessionKey and get the licenseMaxBytes (repeat for each license you have). Get a sum of these.
Authenticate with sessionKey to /servicesNS/nobody/system/licenser/pools/auto_generated_pool_enterprise to get current usedBytes.
Divide usedBytes / licensedMaxBytes and multiply by 100 for your percentage used
echo "Used Bytes: $usedBytes / Total Available: $totalMaxBytes ({$usagePercentage}%) | percent_license_used={$usagePercentage}";
Exit with error code based on usage. 0 = OK, 1 = warning, 2 = Critical

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answered 07 Aug '11, 20:27

chrisrex
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3	Here's a Community Wiki topic with some licensing-related searches: http://www.splunk.com/wiki/Community:TroubleshootingIndexedDataVolume link answered 04 Aug '11, 17:06 jlaw ♦ 201●1●3 accept rate: 28%

Hurrican Labs released a python script for nagios monitoring of your splunk license usage, and I have included the script and a fresh dashboard in the latest version of Splunk for Nagios:

http://splunk-base.splunk.com/apps/22374/splunk-for-nagios

All the best,

Luke :)

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answered 22 Sep '11, 06:59

Luke Harris
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