Sidecar configuration settings

Access configuration settings for sidecars and the supervisor in the configuration files.

The following table presents names of configuration files, stanzas, default values of settings related to the supervisor and sidecars.

Sidecar name Process name Configuration file stanza Default setting Product compatibility
Supervisor compsup [teleport_supervisor] in server.conf

disabled = false

Activated.

Available on the Splunk platform.
SCIM identity [feature:identity_sidecar_scim] in web-features.conf

enabled = false

Deactivated.

Available on the Splunk platform.
Agent Management agent-manager agent_management.conf Activated. Available on Splunk Enterprise.

Port allocation for sidecars

The supervisor and sidecars participate in allocating ports:

  • The supervisor allocates a single port for communication between the supervisor and sidecars.

  • Each sidecar allocates its own port for data operations.

Splunk API accesses each sidecar through its port for data operations.

Deactivate a sidecar

If necessary, you can deactivate a sidecar by editing its settings directly in the configuration files.

Note: Never change, copy, or move the configuration files that are in the default directory.

To change settings for a particular configuration file, follow these steps:

  1. Create a new version of the file in a non-default directory.
  2. Add the settings that you want to change. To learn how to edit the configuration files, see Edit the configuration file settings directly.