https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/How-to-configure-my-indexer-to-listen-on-port-8191/m-p/266712#M51097 <P>Go to the command line and change to the $SPLUNK_HOME/bin directory.<BR /> Use <CODE>splunk show kvstore-port</CODE> to see what port has been assigned to the KVstore.<BR /> Use <CODE>splunk set kvstore-port 8191</CODE> to set the port to 8191, then restart Splunk.</P> <P>After Splunk has been restarted, it should be fine. You can use the show command above to check on it.</P> Tue, 06 Dec 2016 23:13:02 GMT lguinn2 2016-12-06T23:13:02Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/How-to-configure-my-indexer-to-listen-on-port-8191/m-p/266711#M51096 <P>During a review, I found out that one of our indexers is not listening on port tcp/8191. </P> <P>From my reading, I found out that tcp/8191 is for the kvstore. </P> <P>What troubleshooting steps would I need to take so that this indexer begins to listen on tcp/8191? </P> Tue, 06 Dec 2016 22:41:23 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/How-to-configure-my-indexer-to-listen-on-port-8191/m-p/266711#M51096 wliu_ondeck 2016-12-06T22:41:23Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/How-to-configure-my-indexer-to-listen-on-port-8191/m-p/266712#M51097 <P>Go to the command line and change to the $SPLUNK_HOME/bin directory.<BR /> Use <CODE>splunk show kvstore-port</CODE> to see what port has been assigned to the KVstore.<BR /> Use <CODE>splunk set kvstore-port 8191</CODE> to set the port to 8191, then restart Splunk.</P> <P>After Splunk has been restarted, it should be fine. You can use the show command above to check on it.</P> Tue, 06 Dec 2016 23:13:02 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/How-to-configure-my-indexer-to-listen-on-port-8191/m-p/266712#M51097 lguinn2 2016-12-06T23:13:02Z