topic Re: Cannot load the local splunk server page from other computers in Deployment Architecture

Cannot load the local splunk server page from other computers

stanm — Thu, 29 Aug 2013 14:11:45 GMT

When I type in the ip:port from my own computer I am able to load the page, however other computers cannot access it. In the configuration for allow remote i have 'always' enabled.

I am not sure if this is a network issue or did I miss some kind of configuration?

From what I understand if I can access the page by typing in the IP, I should be able to access it from other computers on the network.

PS adding more information:

c:\> ping 192.168.100.99
Ping statistics for 192.168.100.99:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),

Telnet 192.168.100.99 8000

gives me a blank screen for a bit, then puts me back to the prompt

Re: Cannot load the local splunk server page from other computers

linu1988 — Thu, 29 Aug 2013 14:25:28 GMT

yes you should be, Could please do a ping / telnet to the ip port..

Re: Cannot load the local splunk server page from other computers

Ayn — Thu, 29 Aug 2013 17:06:09 GMT

Well for starters you can't run ping like that. ping takes an IP address as its argument, not IP address + port (I'm surprised it even accepts that as input at all).

That said, this sounds like a firewall issue.

Re: Cannot load the local splunk server page from other computers

stanm — Thu, 29 Aug 2013 18:15:00 GMT

Right, d'oh. I added the updated info. How can i track down the issue?

Re: Cannot load the local splunk server page from other computers

Ayn — Thu, 29 Aug 2013 18:38:30 GMT

It's really more of a networking/firewall problem than a Splunk problem. Check if any firewall is active on the system or in the network path between the system and the other systems you're trying to connect from.

Re: Cannot load the local splunk server page from other computers

stanm — Thu, 29 Aug 2013 19:45:47 GMT

yup disabled the firewall altogether and it worked so it's just the firewall. Messing around with it did not resolve my problem. Will need to spend more time with it.