https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Enterprise/PDF-Server-App-with-Search-Head-Pooling/m-p/35540#M8584 <P>I enabled search head pooling this weekend. All of the critical functionality is working, except for a few apps, one being the PDF server app. When an email is sent, it contains the following error:</P> <P>An error occurred while generating a PDF of this report:<BR /> Failed to generate PDF: PDF server at /services/pdfserver/renderpdf returned error: Cannot find system install of Xvfb</P> <P>The PDF server app is on shared storage, since search head pooling ignores the local directory /etc/apps on the search heads.</P> <P>Any assistance with this issue would be greatly appreciated.</P> <P>Thanks</P> Mon, 18 Feb 2013 13:56:16 GMT jodros 2013-02-18T13:56:16Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Enterprise/PDF-Server-App-with-Search-Head-Pooling/m-p/35540#M8584 <P>I enabled search head pooling this weekend. All of the critical functionality is working, except for a few apps, one being the PDF server app. When an email is sent, it contains the following error:</P> <P>An error occurred while generating a PDF of this report:<BR /> Failed to generate PDF: PDF server at /services/pdfserver/renderpdf returned error: Cannot find system install of Xvfb</P> <P>The PDF server app is on shared storage, since search head pooling ignores the local directory /etc/apps on the search heads.</P> <P>Any assistance with this issue would be greatly appreciated.</P> <P>Thanks</P> Mon, 18 Feb 2013 13:56:16 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Enterprise/PDF-Server-App-with-Search-Head-Pooling/m-p/35540#M8584 jodros 2013-02-18T13:56:16Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Enterprise/PDF-Server-App-with-Search-Head-Pooling/m-p/35541#M8585 <P>This app requires the Xvfb (or xvfb) package depending on the Linux distro you are using.</P> <P>Cheers.</P> Mon, 18 Feb 2013 14:35:37 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Enterprise/PDF-Server-App-with-Search-Head-Pooling/m-p/35541#M8585 ofrachon 2013-02-18T14:35:37Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Enterprise/PDF-Server-App-with-Search-Head-Pooling/m-p/35542#M8586 <P>I have all necessary rpm's installed on every search head pool member.</P> Mon, 18 Feb 2013 19:15:13 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Enterprise/PDF-Server-App-with-Search-Head-Pooling/m-p/35542#M8586 jodros 2013-02-18T19:15:13Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Enterprise/PDF-Server-App-with-Search-Head-Pooling/m-p/35543#M8587 <P>Actually, Xvfb was not installed. The other required rpm's were. Installed it and it seems to be working fine.</P> <P>Thanks</P> Tue, 19 Feb 2013 18:13:07 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Enterprise/PDF-Server-App-with-Search-Head-Pooling/m-p/35543#M8587 jodros 2013-02-19T18:13:07Z