Install Splunk 6.4 on the CentOS 6 with Non-root user

1. Useradd Splunk

2. Tar zxf splunk-6.4.0-f2c836328108-linux-x86_64.tgz-c/opt

3. Chown-r Splunk:splunk/opt/splunk

4./opt/splunk/bin/splunk Enable Boot-start-user Splunk (this would create init script for CentOS 6, for CentOS 7 systemd Script, check below)

5. Reboot and make sure Splunk starts up as expected

For CentOS 7 systemd script:

Vi/usr/lib/systemd/system/splunk.service

[Unit]
Description=splunk
After=network.target

[Service]
Remainafterexit=yes
Execstart=/opt/splunk/bin/splunk start
Execstop=/opt/splunk/bin/splunk stop
Execreload=/opt/splunk/bin/splunk restart
User=splunk
Group=splunk

[Install]
Wantedby=multi-user.target

Systemctl Enable Splunk

This article is from the "ilovecat (personal note)" blog, so be sure to keep this source http://hj192837.blog.51cto.com/655995/1787680

Install Splunk 6.4 on the CentOS 6 with Non-root user