https://community.splunk.com/t5/Security/How-to-fix-error-setting-up-java-environment-for-the-dbx/m-p/112019#M14378 <P>Hi,</P> <P>I put the path to java environment (C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre1.8.0_45) for <STRONG>splunk db connect</STRONG> for Splunk Enterprise (local use, not distributed), but I get the following error:<BR /> <EM>Encountered the following error while trying to update: In handler 'localapps': Error while posting to url=/servicesNS/nobody/dbx/dbx/install/java</EM></P> <P>Any suggestion since I am relatively new to Splunk?</P> <P>Thanks,<BR /> Skender</P> Fri, 15 May 2015 15:42:40 GMT skender27 2015-05-15T15:42:40Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Security/How-to-fix-error-setting-up-java-environment-for-the-dbx/m-p/112019#M14378 <P>Hi,</P> <P>I put the path to java environment (C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre1.8.0_45) for <STRONG>splunk db connect</STRONG> for Splunk Enterprise (local use, not distributed), but I get the following error:<BR /> <EM>Encountered the following error while trying to update: In handler 'localapps': Error while posting to url=/servicesNS/nobody/dbx/dbx/install/java</EM></P> <P>Any suggestion since I am relatively new to Splunk?</P> <P>Thanks,<BR /> Skender</P> Fri, 15 May 2015 15:42:40 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Security/How-to-fix-error-setting-up-java-environment-for-the-dbx/m-p/112019#M14378 skender27 2015-05-15T15:42:40Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Security/How-to-fix-error-setting-up-java-environment-for-the-dbx/m-p/112020#M14379 <P>If the machine is at all underpowered or has any latency, you could be running into a known issue with Windows and REST APIs that causes setup tasks to timeout. SPL-86716 is the reference to check if you open a ticket. If Linux is an option, that should work better.</P> Mon, 18 May 2015 00:54:09 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Security/How-to-fix-error-setting-up-java-environment-for-the-dbx/m-p/112020#M14379 jcoates_splunk 2015-05-18T00:54:09Z