SPLUNK_LICENSE_MASTER_URL uses the protocol & management port from the local Splunk instance

[Tom Martin]

When setting up a docker instance to use a license master, the SPLUNK_LICENSE_MASTER_URL setting only allows for the hostname or ip address of the server. The underlying code assumes the protocol and port to be used for the connection are the same as the local instance.

The current code resides in https://github.com/splunk/splunk-ansible/blob/develop/roles/splunk_common/tasks/set_as_license_slave.yml:

Potential fixes could be either providing separate variables or simply allow the SPLUNK_LICENSE_MASTER_URL to include ://:.

Sample invocation:

docker run -t --name=splunk_test -d -p 8000:8000 -p 8088:8088 \
  -e "SPLUNK_START_ARGS=--accept-license" \
  -e "SPLUNK_PASSWORD=<password>" \
  -e "SPLUNK_LICENSE_MASTER_URL=xx.xx.xxxxxxxx.xx" \
  -e "SPLUNK_ROLE=splunk_standalone" \ 
  splunk/splunk:latest

[Nelson Wang]

Sorry it's taken a while to address this - we'll see if we can squeeze this into the next sprint cycle.

I think we can probably make some adaptability for protocol/scheme and port, ala something like:

-e SPLUNK_LICENSE_MASTER_URL=http://license-master:8080

[Nelson Wang]

The inherent problem of passwords expected to be the same will still exist though - see #222 or #206.

[Nelson Wang]

This will be out in the >=8.0.5 image set