https://community.splunk.com/t5/Security/Why-does-splunkweb-in-6-6-2-take-so-long-to-start/m-p/374006#M9235 <P>Have you had a look <A href="https://answers.splunk.com/answers/545000/slow-splunkweb-startup-caused-by-splunk-instrument.html">at Slow splunkweb startup caused by splunk_instrumentation</A> and seeing it that is the same issue or not?</P> <P>Effectively from that post you could try this if you do not want your Splunk instance going via a proxy to the internet (from the other splunk answer):</P> <BLOCKQUOTE> <P>On a server which doesn't have access<BR /> to the proxy, I just put the following<BR /> in my splunk-launch.conf:</P> <PRE><CODE> QUICKDRAW_URL=0 </CODE></PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> Sat, 19 Aug 2017 22:59:41 GMT gjanders 2017-08-19T22:59:41Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Security/Why-does-splunkweb-in-6-6-2-take-so-long-to-start/m-p/374005#M9234 <P>I've recently begun upgrading all my servers to 6.6.2 from 6.5.3. It's mostly been smooth, aside from the SSL issues with older builds of OpenSSL. </P> <P>One thing that really stands out is how long it takes for splunkweb to finish start up. I mean, a crazy long time.</P> <PRE><CODE>Waiting for web server at <A href="https://127.0.0.1:8443" target="test_blank">https://127.0.0.1:8443</A> to be available............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ Done </CODE></PRE> <P>With 6.5.3 this part of a restart is almost instant every time. What gives?</P> Fri, 18 Aug 2017 21:44:21 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Security/Why-does-splunkweb-in-6-6-2-take-so-long-to-start/m-p/374005#M9234 twinspop 2017-08-18T21:44:21Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Security/Why-does-splunkweb-in-6-6-2-take-so-long-to-start/m-p/374006#M9235 <P>Have you had a look <A href="https://answers.splunk.com/answers/545000/slow-splunkweb-startup-caused-by-splunk-instrument.html">at Slow splunkweb startup caused by splunk_instrumentation</A> and seeing it that is the same issue or not?</P> <P>Effectively from that post you could try this if you do not want your Splunk instance going via a proxy to the internet (from the other splunk answer):</P> <BLOCKQUOTE> <P>On a server which doesn't have access<BR /> to the proxy, I just put the following<BR /> in my splunk-launch.conf:</P> <PRE><CODE> QUICKDRAW_URL=0 </CODE></PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> Sat, 19 Aug 2017 22:59:41 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Security/Why-does-splunkweb-in-6-6-2-take-so-long-to-start/m-p/374006#M9235 gjanders 2017-08-19T22:59:41Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Security/Why-does-splunkweb-in-6-6-2-take-so-long-to-start/m-p/374007#M9236 <P>Thank you. I missed that post in my searching. The QUICKDRAW_URL setting is working.</P> Sun, 20 Aug 2017 17:18:42 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Security/Why-does-splunkweb-in-6-6-2-take-so-long-to-start/m-p/374007#M9236 twinspop 2017-08-20T17:18:42Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Security/Why-does-splunkweb-in-6-6-2-take-so-long-to-start/m-p/374008#M9237 <P>No problem I'm going to report this to the documentation team <EM>again</EM> as this remains undocumented.</P> Mon, 21 Aug 2017 01:30:06 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Security/Why-does-splunkweb-in-6-6-2-take-so-long-to-start/m-p/374008#M9237 gjanders 2017-08-21T01:30:06Z