Alerting

Alert Script not running Splunk

shilpi
New Member

I created an search query and I am trying to send an alert mail and run a script through splunk.
Though I get the alert mail, script does not seem to be executing.
I tried executing the default script "echo.sh" but its also not working.
If I execute "echo.sh", it works.
I have placed my script in $SPLUNKHOME/bin/scripts ( where echo.sh is present )
Please help

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adrianathome
Communicator

Did you configure an email server?http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/5.0.3/Alert/Setupalertactions#Configure_email_alert_sett...

I see that you ate getting the email, but script not running. Did you check permissions on script? Is it executable?

Also take a look at the python.log for more clues.

Have you looked at this?http://wiki.splunk.com/Community:TroubleshootingAlertScripts

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adrianathome
Communicator

Log location should be $SPLUNK_HOME/var/log/splunk/

There should be a python.log file there.

The other thing is to make sure that you are using the python version that splunk will use. You can test this with the following command:
$SPLUNK_HOME/bin/splunk cmd python script.py

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shilpi
New Member

Thanks for your reply.
Yes The script is executable and it run when executed manually.
I do not see any python.log in var/log.
Only logs present are splunkd.log and metrics.log.
I have already referred to the link provided by you but nothing seems to be working.
Please let me know in case you have any idea

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Chinmai
Explorer

Hello Shilpi,

Did you find the solution for this? Even I am facing the same problem.

Thanks in advance.

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