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Get the program here: https://www.vagrantup.com/downloads.html


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Tips and Notes


  • Any files in the same (host) directory as the vagrant file will be shared with the VMs under /vagrant/



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Bringing Up A Splunk Instance


Using this recipe file (Splunk Vagrantfile) from Lynda.com Learning Splunk, you can bring up an instance of Splunk on VirtualBox.

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vagrant up


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SSH Into Splunk Instance


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vagrant ssh splunk


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Download and Install Splunk


Download free version of Splunk and install it

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sudo su -

wget -O splunk-7.3.1-bd63e13aa157-linux-2.6-amd64.deb 'https://www.splunk.com/bin/splunk/DownloadActivityServlet?architecture=x86_64&platform=linux&version=7.3.1&product=splunk&filename=splunk-7.3.1-bd63e13aa157-linux-2.6-amd64.deb&wget=true'

dpkg -i splunk-7.3.1-bd63e13aa157-linux-2.6-amd64.deb


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Set Initial Admin Password


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/opt/splunk/bin/splunk start


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Set Splunk To Run At Boot Time


Use these commands to set splunk to auto-start on boot.

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cd /opt/splunk/bin
./splunk enable boot-start
systemctl enable splunk
systemctl start splunk



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Connect To Web Interface


In a browser, connect to this IP address which the VB Splunk vm has been set to.

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http://192.168.33.10:8000