Setup Guide

Splunk HEC Compatible Receiver Setup Guide

Follow the steps below to connect, authorize, verify, and schedule collection. If you want help mapping exports to your environment, book a walkthrough.

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Steps

Use these as a starting point, then verify collection inside Aurora.

  1. 1
    Generate or provision an HEC token in the platform connection settings.
  2. 2
    Configure your source system to POST events to the platform's HEC receiver endpoint using the Splunk authorization header.
  3. 3
    Validate the receiver returns a Splunk-compatible response (code=0).

Credentials

The inputs Aurora needs to authorize and collect proof.

hec_token

Permissions

Aurora requests only the minimum access needed for collection and checks.

Permissions depend on the selected collection mode and configured scope.