Alerting

Puppet Tasks Alert Actions for Puppet error

vanacjo
New Member

As i was trying to get the application working, i'm always getting an error on cim_actions.py.

See below for a view on how everything is set:

Application config:
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Alert config:
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The error coming from /opt/splunk/var/log/splunk/puppet_enterprise_tasks_modalert.log:

2018-12-13 14:41:42,213 INFO pid=16947 tid=MainThread file=cim_actions.py:message:353 | sendmodaction - worker="joris-pcub" signature="Invoking modular action" action_name="puppet_enterprise_tasks" search_name="db stopped" sid="rt_scheduler__admin__search__RMD54202f6647ebbb67d_at_1544699239_353" rid="0.2" app="search" user="admin" action_mode="saved"
2018-12-13 14:41:43,163 INFO pid=16947 tid=MainThread file=setup_util.py:log_info:114 | Log level is not set, use default INFO
2018-12-13 14:41:43,163 INFO pid=16947 tid=MainThread file=setup_util.py:log_info:114 | Customized key can not be found
2018-12-13 14:41:43,311 ERROR pid=16947 tid=MainThread file=cim_actions.py:message:353 | sendmodaction - worker="joris-pcub" signature="Error: cannot concatenate 'str' and 'NoneType' objects. Please double check spelling and also verify that a compatible version of Splunk_SA_CIM is installed." action_name="puppet_enterprise_tasks" search_name="db stopped" sid="rt_scheduler__admin__search__RMD54202f6647ebbb67d_at_1544699239_353" rid="0.2" app="search" user="admin" action_mode="saved" action_status="failure"

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