PowerShell script to download and install Splunk Enterprise
Try this to install directly from PowerShell:
Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -bor 3072; iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/graememeyer/Install-Splunk/master/Install-Splunk.ps1'))Release Goals:
- Detect the latest version of Splunk ✔
- Download the latest version of Splunk ✔
- Time the download and output the results
- Install with default settings ✔
- No user interaction required ✔
- Automatically create required accounts and return credentials to the user ✔
To-Do:
- Increase the upload limit for the web interface
- Set an all-user powershell alias for Splunk
- Detect and automatically install Splunk Enterprise Security
- Ask the user if they want to install it / provide a path to an ES binary
Stretch Goals:
- Graceful failure
- Download to temporary folder and clean up afterwards
- Elevate to admin if required
- Download progress indicator
- Install progress indicator
- Multiple download strategies, defaulting to the fastest
- Configurable options
- Automatically open Splunk console in the default browser
- Automatically update the git repository with the latest-known version numbers