how to integrate salesforce with splunk

• Login to Salesforce with the same user credentidals that you want to collect data in your Splunk deployment.
• From Setup, enter "App Manager" in the Quick Find box, then select "App Manager".
• Click New Connected App.
• Enter the connected app's name, which displays in the App Manager and on its App Launcher tile.
• Enter the API name. The default is a version of the name without spaces. Only letters, numbers, and underscores are allowed. ...
• Enter the contact email for Salesforce.
In the API (Enable OAuth Settings) area of the page, select Enable OAuth Settings.
Copy and paste the redirect URL on the configuration page in the Splunk Add-on for Salesforce in the callback URL section.
Select the following OAuth scopes to apply to the connected app: Access and manage your data (api). Perform requests on your behalf at any time (refresh_token, offline_access). ...
Select Require Secret for the Web Server Flow to require the app's client secret in exchange for an access token.
Select Require Secret for Refresh Token Flow to require the app's client secret in the authorization request of a refresh token and hybrid refresh token flow.
Click Save. It can take about 10 minutes for the changes to take effect.

How do I connect Splunk to Salesforce?

Set up the Splunk Add-on for Salesforce The Splunk Add-on for Salesforce provides two ways for authenticating accounts: basic authentication, and OAuth 2.0 authentication. For basic authentication, you can configure the Splunk Add-on for Salesforce either through Splunk Web or by making changes directly in configuration files.

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Set up basic authentication using Splunk Web

To set up the Splunk Add-on for Salesforce using Splunk Web, complete the following steps:

Set up OAuth authentication using Splunk Web

Go to the Splunk Add-on for Salesforce either by clicking the name of this add-on on the left navigation banner on the Splunk Web home page or by going to Manage Apps, then clicking Launch App in the row for the Splunk Add-on for Salesforce. See Set up OAuth App in the Salesforce in this manual for more information.

Set up a proxy and logging level

If you are using a proxy, provide the following information on the Configuration tab:

Checkpoint management

If the Splunk Add-on for Splunkbase versions 2.0.0 and above find an existing checkpoint for a given input, a Use existing data input prompt appears. If you select Yes, then the add-on continues collecting data from that checkpoint.

Set up basic authentication using configuration files

You can configure your add-on by providing the settings in the local splunk_ta_salesforce_settings.conf and splunk_ta_salesforce_account.conf file.

Add SSL certificate to trust lists

If you encounter a SSLHandshakeError, the SSL certificate entry might be missing from your certificate store. Resolve the issue by adding the certificate to your add-on's trust list.