topic Re: Splunk forwarder 6.0.1 installation on Win 2008 32 bit + R2 64 Bit hangs in Getting Data In

Splunk forwarder 6.0.1 installation on Win 2008 32 bit + R2 64 Bit hangs

wolf_nir — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 10:03:52 GMT

Hi,

I'm trying to install the Splunk forwarder 6.0.1 on Windows 2008 servers, and I get the following error in the splunk-utility log ERROR RESTTester - tenant service initialization failed.

This issue was reproduced on multiple Win 2008 servers (32 + R2 64).
The command the installation hangs on is splunkd rest --noauth POST /servicesNS/nobody/SplunkUniversalForwarder/data/outputs/tcp/server name=my.splunk.server:9997 although I get the error 4 times in the log.

Installer - "splunkforwarder-6.0.1-189883-x64-release"

Re: Splunk forwarder 6.0.1 installation on Win 2008 32 bit + R2 64 Bit hangs

phoffman_splunk — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 14:12:03 GMT

There is a known issue for hanging installs on 6.0.1

http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/ReleaseNotes/Knownissues#Windows-specific_issues

"Installing the Windows universal forwarder with the Deployment Server and Indexer fields populated can cause the installation to hang. Leave these fields blank and the installation will complete successfully. (SPL-78756)"

Re: Splunk forwarder 6.0.1 installation on Win 2008 32 bit + R2 64 Bit hangs

wolf_nir — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 14:32:04 GMT

Thanks for the quick response.
Is there any workaround for the installation to work with these fields populated?

Re: Splunk forwarder 6.0.1 installation on Win 2008 32 bit + R2 64 Bit hangs

phoffman_splunk — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 14:37:24 GMT

no, if your affected there is no way around it; you will have to update your outputs.conf or deploymentclient.conf after the install is complete.