https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Why-do-I-get-a-timeout-when-trying-to-package-my-app/m-p/260947#M50072 <P>There is a lookup file in my app that is somewhat large (&gt;100 mb) which fails the entire operation.</P> <P>I removed the lookup file from the app, packaged it and placed the file separately (it has to be added manually after installing the app).</P> Thu, 03 Dec 2015 09:16:00 GMT jeffland 2015-12-03T09:16:00Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Why-do-I-get-a-timeout-when-trying-to-package-my-app/m-p/260946#M50071 <P>I've created an app and wanted to package it before shipping it to another splunk instance. From the console, I entered</P> <PRE><CODE>./splunk package app app_name </CODE></PRE> <P>But after a while, I get</P> <PRE><CODE>Socket error communicating with splunkd (error=('The read operation timed out',)), path = /services/apps/local/app_name/package </CODE></PRE> <P>What's happening here?</P> Thu, 03 Dec 2015 09:09:20 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Why-do-I-get-a-timeout-when-trying-to-package-my-app/m-p/260946#M50071 jeffland 2015-12-03T09:09:20Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Why-do-I-get-a-timeout-when-trying-to-package-my-app/m-p/260947#M50072 <P>There is a lookup file in my app that is somewhat large (&gt;100 mb) which fails the entire operation.</P> <P>I removed the lookup file from the app, packaged it and placed the file separately (it has to be added manually after installing the app).</P> Thu, 03 Dec 2015 09:16:00 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Why-do-I-get-a-timeout-when-trying-to-package-my-app/m-p/260947#M50072 jeffland 2015-12-03T09:16:00Z