From 3fad87bd871ad0843c598be7d88e3296e274feea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: boojew Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2017 23:41:40 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] This change is related to PR 8037 (#2817) --- source/_components/splunk.markdown | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/source/_components/splunk.markdown b/source/_components/splunk.markdown index a472ec8c7c9..274bbbad758 100644 --- a/source/_components/splunk.markdown +++ b/source/_components/splunk.markdown @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ ha_category: "History" ha_release: 0.13 --- -The `splunk` component makes it possible to log all state changes to an external [Splunk](http://splunk.com/) database using Splunk's HTTP Event Collector feature. You can either use this alone, or with the Home Assistant for Splunk [app](https://github.com/miniconfig/splunk-homeassistant). Since the HEC feature is new to Splunk, you will need to use at least version 6.3. +The `splunk` component makes it possible to log all state changes to an external [Splunk](http://splunk.com/) database using Splunk's HTTP Event Collector (HEC) feature. You can either use this alone, or with the Home Assistant for Splunk [app](https://github.com/miniconfig/splunk-homeassistant). Since the HEC feature is new to Splunk, you will need to use at least version 6.3. To use the `splunk` component in your installation, add the following to your `configuration.yaml` file: @@ -28,3 +28,4 @@ Configuration variables: - **host** (*Optional*): IP address or host name of your Splunk host, eg. 192.168.1.10. Will default to `localhost` if not supplied. - **port** (*Optional*): Port to use. Defaults to 8088. - **ssl** (*Optional*): Use https instead of http to connect. Defaults to False. +- **name** (*Optional*): This parameter allows you to specify a friendly to send to Splunk as the host, instead of using the name of the HEC. Defaults to HASS