topic Re: custom command logging error in Splunk Search

custom command logging error

tombog0 — Sat, 15 Oct 2016 14:35:34 GMT

I've followed this tutorial:
http://blogs.splunk.com/2014/04/14/building-custom-search-commands-in-python-part-i-a-simple-generating-command/

Downloaded this respository:
https://github.com/splunk/splunk-sdk-python
and build it using python setup.py install and just followed the instructions on the tutoiral.

When I got to testing the command outside of splunk section of the tutorial, I tried it:
python generatehello.py __EXECUTE count=5

and I got errors that my logging.conf is not valid because I lack of handlers,
and I fixed the conf by the errors, one by one.

Here's my logging.conf:
http://pastebin.com/KwN37JYe

and now I have this error:
http://pastebin.com/HjS9km3L

How do I fix this?
Why do I have all this errors? I've just downloaded it and followed the instructions.
I have windows 10. Splunk 6.5.0 running as localhost on my pc.

Re: custom command logging error

MuS — Sun, 16 Oct 2016 22:06:40 GMT

Hi tombog0,

what happens if you run the script like this:

  $SPLUNK_HOME/bin/splunk cmd python generatehello.py __EXECUTE count=5

cheers, MuS

Re: custom command logging error

tombog0 — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 00:51:48 GMT

"D:\Program Files\Splunk\bin\splunk.exe" cmd python generatehello.py _EXECUTE count=5
Do you mean like that?

It opens a cmd and closes it right away, I can't see what is written on it.

I've also tried to run it from splunk
| generatehello count=5
and got this error:
External search command 'generatehello' returned error code 1.

Re: custom command logging error

MuS — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 01:19:10 GMT

Open a CMD and cd into "D:\Program Files\Splunk\bin". Run the command like this:

splunk.exe cmd python generatehello.py __EXECUTE count=5

Re: custom command logging error

lquinn — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 01:21:20 GMT

You need to open command prompt in administrator mode in order to see the output. Thats why the window pops up and disappears again.

Re: custom command logging error

tombog0 — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 02:34:25 GMT

generatehello.py was originally positioned at one of my apps btw.
I copied it to the splunk/bin.

After running it on splunk as administrator as you said,
I get this errors:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "generatehello.py", line 4, in
from splunklib.searchcommands import \
ImportError: No module named splunklib.searchcommands

I found this guy had the same problem:
https://answers.splunk.com/answers/243498/getinfo-probe-failed-for-external-search-command-a.html
He said that he just downloaded a newer splunk-sdk-python and it fixed it, but I already have the newest from their master git, so it's not my case.

Any ideas?

Thanks for your help 🙂

Re: custom command logging error

lquinn — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 02:37:57 GMT

Can you find the splunklib directory on your system?

Re: custom command logging error

tombog0 — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 02:47:16 GMT

Yes. found it, I've wrote pip install splunk-sdk and it wrote that it's already up to date and wrote where it is.

It's here:
C:\python27\lib\site-packages\splunk_sdk-1.6.0-py2.7.egg\splunklib

Re: custom command logging error

lquinn — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 02:52:02 GMT

This might be the wrong way to do it ... but I think I've had to make a copy of the splunklib directory before and paste it into the bin directory of the app that I'm running my search command from. I think this happened to me a while ago and this was my quick fix!

Re: custom command logging error

tombog0 — Tue, 29 Sep 2020 11:26:37 GMT

Now it complains about my "default/commands.conf"
that does not exist.
I guess it's because I've copied generatehello.py to the bin without its config.
Is there a way to run it on my app?
I've tried
splunk.exe cmd python "D:\ProgramFiles\Splunk\etc\apps\generatehello_app\bin\generatehello.py" __EXECUTE count=5
and got the same error I got on the beggining of the thread of the logging.

Re: custom command logging error

lquinn — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 03:15:44 GMT

Are you able to run it from Splunk UI? With the splunklib directory and generatehello.py in you app/bin directory. Is your app scope global?

Re: custom command logging error

tombog0 — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 04:11:19 GMT

I'm not able to run it from splunk UI with the splunklib in app/bin.
I don't think it's scope global, how do I check?
Anyway it also doesn't work on the app scope itself.

Re: custom command logging error

tombog0 — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 04:56:40 GMT

I'm not able to run it from the splunk ui.
I don't think my app is global scope.
How do I check it?
Anyway, it doesn't even work on its own scope.

Re: custom command logging error

tombog0 — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 04:57:57 GMT

I'm not able to run it from the splunk ui.
I don't think my app is global scope.
How do I check it?
Anyway, it doesn't even work on it own scope.

Re: custom command logging error

tombog0 — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 07:29:31 GMT

I'm not able to run it from Splunk UI.
I dont think my app is scope global. How do I check?
Anyway it doesnt even work on its own scope.

Re: custom command logging error

tombog0 — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 07:31:05 GMT

I'm not able to run it from Splunk UI.
I dont think my app is scope global. How do I check?
Anyway it doesnt even work on its own scope.

Re: custom command logging error

jkat54 — Tue, 18 Oct 2016 18:03:26 GMT

I've never done it this way... instead i do this:

import splunk.mining.dcutils as dcu
logger = dcu.getLogger()

logger.info("string to log to index=_internal as Log_Level=info")
logger.warn("string to log to index=_internal as Log_Level=warn")
logger.error("string to log to index=_internal as Log_Level=error")

Not sure if that helps you but thought it was worth the mention. Should be fully compatible with the SDK, etc.