Step 3: Install your license
This documentation does not apply to the most recent version of Splunk.
This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk:
3.0 , 3.0.1 , 3.0.2 , 3.1 , 3.1.1 , 3.1.2 , 3.1.3 , 3.1.4
Step 3: Install your license
If you are performing a new installation of Splunk or switching from one license type to another (for example from Free to Enterprise), you must update your license. You can update your license from the CLI or SplunkWeb interface.
- If you are installing a new Splunk enterprise license for the first time, you will need to log in with the default administrator account: username "admin" and password "changeme".
- You must obtain your license from the email that you received from splunk.com after you signed up for a free trial or purchased Enterprise Splunk.
- You must have a separate license for every instance of Enterprise Splunk that you deploy.
Note: This is for splunk 3.0 and 3.1, for earlier versions, see 2.2.3 instructions.
Using SplunkWeb
- Gather your Splunk license from the email sent to you by Splunk.
- Start Splunk
- Start Splunkweb from inside a web browser. Type in the http:// address given by Splunk when you started it. The address should be: http://<servername>:8000, where 8000 is the default port.
- Navigate through SplunkWeb and find the "admin" in the upper right corner. Click it.
- Go to the Admin -> License & Usage -> Change license interface tab. Paste your new license into the text box.
- Go to the Admin -> Server -> Control tab. Restart the Splunk Server.
From the command line
- Navigate to the splunk.license file, located in the ./etc/ directory of the Splunk home directory.
- Copy your new or previous license key file into
./etc/splunk.license beneath your Splunk home directory.
cp -p splunk.license /opt/splunk/etc/
When the correct license is in place, start or restart the Splunk Server.
/opt/splunk/bin/splunk restart