Issue Executing Python Script on Windows UF

dianasmith — Tue, 16 Mar 2021 14:30:48 GMT

I'm having an issue running a python script to generate the contents of an email body to splunk.

I've had to install a Windows UF to a Windows 10 workstation as local admin.

I've deployed a python script that works when I manually run it on the Workstation.

Since Splunk UFs don't come with Python, I downloaded Python separately and added an environmental variable and path. I consistantly get the following messages:

Couldn't start command "Python3.exe "C:\Program Files\SplunkUniversalForwarder\bin\scripts\script1.py"": The system cannot find the file specified.

Couldn't start command "Python3.exe "C:\Program Files\SplunkUniversalForwarder\etc\apps\custom-app\bin\script2"": The system cannot find the file specified.

I've tried:

Adding PYTHONPATH to splunk-launch.conf for external
Adding .bat wrapper
Tried .cmd
Tried Powershell
Installing and deploying Splunk for Python Computing and adding the full path of python to the .bat files

@woodcock do you have any suggestions? Anyone? Any suggestions?

Re: Issue Executing Python Script on Windows UF

richgalloway — Tue, 16 Mar 2021 17:23:53 GMT

Rather than jump through those (unsupported) hoops, why not replace the UF with a HF? It comes with Python.

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