This is a basic tutorial on how to install the free-trial version of Splunk Enterprise on your Kali Linux machine. At the time of writing, splunk-9.3.0-51ccf43db5bd-linux-2.6-amd64.deb is the most recent kernal. Your install might be a different file name.
- Signup for Free trial of Splunk – https://www.splunk.com/en_us/download/splunk-enterprise.html
- Download the installation package. Choose .deb if you are using a Kali Linux machine.
wget -O splunk-9.3.0-51ccf43db5bd-linux-2.6-amd64.deb “https://download.splunk.com/products/splunk/releases/9.3.0/linux/splunk-9.3.0-51ccf43db5bd-linux-2.6-amd64.deb”- The -O flag is how you specify the name to save the file as.
- Once download is complete, extract and install the downloaded .deb.
sudo dpkg -i splunk-9.3.0-51ccf43db5bd-linux-2.6-amd64.deb - After install is complete, check and install any deprecencies.
sudo apt-get install -f - Start the newly installed Splunk service Create your adminstrator username and password when prompted.
sudo /opt/splunk/bin/splunk start - Accept the License Agreement.
- Create your administrator username and password when prompted.
- After the service has finished loading, open your browser and type in the url http://kali:8000, unless otherwise indicated on your CLI.
- Log in with the username and password you recently created.