topic Re: Why am I getting error "'Cannot connect to proxy.', error(10061, 'No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it')" trying to upload the Search Tutorial sample data? in Getting Data In

Why am I getting error "'Cannot connect to proxy.', error(10061, 'No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it')" trying to upload the Search Tutorial sample data?

sumitsplunk — Tue, 17 Nov 2015 19:47:51 GMT

While uploading the Splunk Search Tutorial data (sample data) given in the Splunk website, I am getting the below error:

Upload failed with ERROR : ('Cannot connect to proxy.', error(10061, 'No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it'))

Re: Why am I getting error "'Cannot connect to proxy.', error(10061, 'No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it')" trying to upload the Search Tutorial sample data?

drdoddy — Thu, 24 Dec 2015 06:46:36 GMT

I am also facing same issue, please guide us.

Re: Why am I getting error "'Cannot connect to proxy.', error(10061, 'No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it')" trying to upload the Search Tutorial sample data?

nbjoshi_splunk — Tue, 05 Jan 2016 06:49:14 GMT

Hi Sumit, have you tried restarting Splunk before uploading the tutorial data? This seems to have fixed it for some users.

Re: Why am I getting error "'Cannot connect to proxy.', error(10061, 'No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it')" trying to upload the Search Tutorial sample data?

sumitsplunk — Tue, 05 Jan 2016 08:56:38 GMT

Hi nbjoshi,

Yes I have tried doing that but still facing the same issue.

Re: Why am I getting error "'Cannot connect to proxy.', error(10061, 'No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it')" trying to upload the Search Tutorial sample data?

niteshbharadwaj — Sat, 07 May 2016 08:44:25 GMT

Hi, I am facing the same issue like you did. Did you get any solution/reason for that issue?

Re: Why am I getting error "'Cannot connect to proxy.', error(10061, 'No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it')" trying to upload the Search Tutorial sample data?

bcyates — Thu, 27 Jul 2017 13:34:59 GMT

Any solution to this problem?

Re: Why am I getting error "'Cannot connect to proxy.', error(10061, 'No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it')" trying to upload the Search Tutorial sample data?

sksasan — Fri, 01 Jun 2018 03:32:09 GMT

I am facing the same issue , getting ('Cannot connect to proxy.', error(10061, 'No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it'))
Was a resolution found for your issue?