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Splunk wont open on localhost:8000.

ksukumaran — Tue, 29 Sep 2020 15:38:11 GMT

Im getting a "not found" error. On trying to start splunk in the 'bin' folder I am getting am error. Any help appreciated!

C:\Program Files\Splunk\bin>splunk start

Splunk> Like an F-18, bro.

Checking prerequisites...
Checking http port [8001]: not available
ERROR: http port [8001] - port is already bound. Splunk needs to use this port.
Would you like to change ports? [y/n]: y
Enter a new http port: 9000
Setting http to port: 9000
Failed to open splunk.secret 'C:\Program Files\Splunk\etc\auth\splunk.secret' file. Some passwords will not work. errno=Access is denied.
Unable to read 'C:\Program Files\Splunk\etc\auth\splunk.secret' file.
Operation "ospath_fopen" failed in C:\wrangler-2.0\build-src\kimono\src\libzero\conf-mutator-locking.c:313, conf_mutator_lock(); No error

Re: Splunk wont open on localhost:8000.

niketn — Fri, 08 Sep 2017 14:45:03 GMT

@ksukumaran are you running command prompt as an administrator? If not please do so and it should work.

Also check in Windows Task Manager as to which program is using Port 8001. If you can temporarily disable that, you can launch Splunk and then change Splunk Port from 8001 to your preferred port using Splunk > Settings > Server Settings > General Settings > Web Port.

Alternate approach (NOT RECOMMENDED- as this change will get overridden by re-install and Splunk will complain of manifest change): You can also do this manually from $SPLUNK_HOME\etc\system\default\web.conf by changing:

httpport = 9000

Re: Splunk wont open on localhost:8000.

Sukisen1981 — Fri, 08 Sep 2017 15:58:12 GMT

just try changing url in browser to
http://localhost:8001/
It worked for me

Re: Splunk wont open on localhost:8000.

ksukumaran — Sat, 09 Sep 2017 08:28:03 GMT

thank you! that worked..

Re: Splunk wont open on localhost:8000.

Guiang_8 — Thu, 08 Mar 2018 00:33:00 GMT

I had the same problem. and change the url browser worked. Thanks.

Re: Splunk wont open on localhost:8000.

mohanrajanna — Sun, 07 Oct 2018 13:12:43 GMT

If you are using Windows, check Task manager to see if splunkd service is running under process tab.
If you don't see splunkd service that means you need to start Splunk service.
Choose splunkd services under services tab in task manager and right click and select start.
Now refresh the login page. It should work.
Let me know if it doesn't work.

Re: Splunk wont open on localhost:8000.

mackintosh — Sat, 08 Feb 2020 17:44:32 GMT

This works for me too. 🙂

Re: Splunk wont open on localhost:8000.

dpkvrm7777 — Sun, 23 May 2021 13:14:40 GMT

Thanks mohanrajanna, it worked....

Re: Splunk wont open on localhost:8000.

skallu1 — Thu, 27 May 2021 10:15:07 GMT

It did not work for me

Re: Splunk wont open on localhost:8000.

Manojkumar_B — Tue, 11 Jan 2022 05:25:37 GMT

Thanks @mohanrajanna , it worked.
After starting the splunkd, it takes couple of seconds to reflect the changes in web browser.

Re: Splunk wont open on localhost:8000.

Mahamud — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 22:33:11 GMT

Thanks