Getting credentials - splunk/splunkconf-backup GitHub Wiki
Context
so you create a new env , it looks up from AWS console but how do you connect on it ? You are at the right place
Preparation
Get the following elements
- AWS primary region (that is the same as TF(Terraform) variable)
- Secrets Manager splunk_admin arn (that is a output of Terraform apply)
- Secrets Manager splunk_ssh_key arn (also output from Terraform)
- Get credentials from AWS admin that will allow you to fetch these elements
- clone repo locally or at least download getmycredentials.sh from
Getting them example
./getmycredentials.sh us-east-1 arn:aws:secretsmanager:us-east-1:nnnnnnnnnxxx:secret:splunk_admin_pwd20230211111111111111-XXXXX arn:aws:secretsmanager:us-east-1:nnnnnnnnxxx:secret:splunk_ssh_key202302111111111111111-XXXXX
Limitation
if you created the environment manually or by important a backup, then some or all of the secrets will either be not existing or empty