topic Re: Unable to upload log files in splunk enterprise in Splunk Enterprise

Unable to upload log files in splunk enterprise

simonsa — Sun, 29 Jun 2025 03:04:01 GMT

I'm new to splunk and ive been working on some labs for practice. Anyway I'm working on this lab set from this repo (https://github.com/0xrajneesh/Splunk-Projects-For-Beginners/blob/main/project%237-analyzing-dhcp-logs-using-splunk-siem.md) and for some reason whenever I try to upload the log files in "add data" it keeps timing out. I was initially able to do the DNS logs but now I can't do anything. Is it because im on a free trial? Can someone else try and let me know if you are having the same problem?

Re: Unable to upload log files in splunk enterprise

kiran_panchavat — Sun, 29 Jun 2025 09:12:59 GMT

@simonsa If the DNSlog files are large, they might exceed the upload limits or cause the browser to time out. Try uploading a smaller portion of the log file to see if it succeeds.

Re: Unable to upload log files in splunk enterprise

kiran_panchavat — Sun, 29 Jun 2025 09:16:21 GMT

@simonsa I see that you're uploading a .gz file. Please extract it and upload the original, uncompressed file.