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Disable update checker

This documentation does not apply to the most recent version of Splunk.

This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk: 3.3 , 3.3.1 , 3.3.2 , 3.3.3 , 3.3.4 , 3.4 , 3.4.1 , 3.4.2 , 3.4.3 , 3.4.5 , 3.4.6 , 3.4.8 , 3.4.9 , 3.4.10 , 3.4.11 , 3.4.12

Disable update checker

Splunk Web is configured to check for new versions of itself and display a banner. If you are running Splunk on a LAN that is not connected to the rest of the Web, modify web.conf to disable this feature.

Note: The default web.conf is located in $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/system/default/. DO NOT edit this file. Instead, copy web.conf into $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/system/local/; then, edit the copy. For more information about configuration files, refer to this Admin manual topic.

To disable update checker, add the following to $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/system/local/web.conf:

[settings]
updateCheckerBaseURL = 0

Retrieved from "http://www.splunk.com/base/Documentation/3.3.1/Installation/DisableUpdateChecker"

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