https://community.splunk.com/t5/Monitoring-Splunk/quot-Cannot-parse-into-key-value-pair-quot-error-after-upgrading/m-p/17759#M175 <P>This problem is caused by a bogus configuration file entry. To prevent this error message, open up your <CODE>$SPLUNK_HOME/etc/apps/search/default/inputs.conf</CODE> config file, which could contain the following:</P> <PRE><CODE># Copyright (C) 2005-2010 Splunk Inc. All Rights Reserved. Version 4.1.4 This file intentionally left empty. Please do not delete it. </CODE></PRE> <P>Simply remove or comment out (add a "#") to the second line and the error message will go away. </P> <P></P><HR /><P></P> <P>Example of a fixed file:</P> <PRE><CODE># Copyright (C) 2005-2010 Splunk Inc. All Rights Reserved. Version 4.1.4 # This file intentionally left empty. Please do not delete it. </CODE></PRE> Wed, 21 Jul 2010 03:41:18 GMT Lowell 2010-07-21T03:41:18Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Monitoring-Splunk/quot-Cannot-parse-into-key-value-pair-quot-error-after-upgrading/m-p/17758#M174 <P>I just upgraded one of my splunk forwarders to version 4.1.4 and now I'm seeing the following error message in my internal logs:</P> <BLOCKQUOTE> <P><CODE>WARN IniFile - C:\Program Files\Splunk\etc\apps\search\default\inputs.conf, line: 2: Cannot parse into key-value pair: This file intentionally left empty. Please do not delete it</CODE></P> </BLOCKQUOTE> Wed, 21 Jul 2010 03:37:42 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Monitoring-Splunk/quot-Cannot-parse-into-key-value-pair-quot-error-after-upgrading/m-p/17758#M174 Lowell 2010-07-21T03:37:42Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Monitoring-Splunk/quot-Cannot-parse-into-key-value-pair-quot-error-after-upgrading/m-p/17759#M175 <P>This problem is caused by a bogus configuration file entry. To prevent this error message, open up your <CODE>$SPLUNK_HOME/etc/apps/search/default/inputs.conf</CODE> config file, which could contain the following:</P> <PRE><CODE># Copyright (C) 2005-2010 Splunk Inc. All Rights Reserved. Version 4.1.4 This file intentionally left empty. Please do not delete it. </CODE></PRE> <P>Simply remove or comment out (add a "#") to the second line and the error message will go away. </P> <P></P><HR /><P></P> <P>Example of a fixed file:</P> <PRE><CODE># Copyright (C) 2005-2010 Splunk Inc. All Rights Reserved. Version 4.1.4 # This file intentionally left empty. Please do not delete it. </CODE></PRE> Wed, 21 Jul 2010 03:41:18 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Monitoring-Splunk/quot-Cannot-parse-into-key-value-pair-quot-error-after-upgrading/m-p/17759#M175 Lowell 2010-07-21T03:41:18Z