Error when running /Splunk/etc/apps/alexa/bin/alexa.py

[ccampbell_splun]

I installed the Alexa app, and ran through the setup steps to connect it to my Dev account. When testing the new skill, I get this error:

There was an error calling the remote endpoint, which returned HTTP 303 : See Other

From the splunkd.log I see the following errors:

10-10-2016 22:00:07.818 -0700 ERROR ExecProcessor - message from "python /Applications/Splunk/etc/apps/alexa/bin/alexa.py" SLF4J: Failed to load class "org.slf4j.impl.StaticLoggerBinder".
10-10-2016 22:00:07.819 -0700 ERROR ExecProcessor - message from "python /Applications/Splunk/etc/apps/alexa/bin/alexa.py" SLF4J: Defaulting to no-operation (NOP) logger implementation
10-10-2016 22:00:07.819 -0700 ERROR ExecProcessor - message from "python /Applications/Splunk/etc/apps/alexa/bin/alexa.py" SLF4J: See http://www.slf4j.org/codes.html#StaticLoggerBinder for further details.
10-10-2016 22:00:08.200 -0700 ERROR ExecProcessor - message from "python /Applications/Splunk/etc/apps/alexa/bin/alexa.py" Error executing modular input : Permission denied : java.net.SocketException: Permission denied
10-10-2016 22:00:08.200 -0700 ERROR ExecProcessor - message from "python /Applications/Splunk/etc/apps/alexa/bin/alexa.py"  at sun.nio.ch.Net.bind0(Native Method)
10-10-2016 22:00:08.200 -0700 ERROR ExecProcessor - message from "python /Applications/Splunk/etc/apps/alexa/bin/alexa.py"  at sun.nio.ch.Net.bind(Net.java:433)
10-10-2016 22:00:08.200 -0700 ERROR ExecProcessor - message from "python /Applications/Splunk/etc/apps/alexa/bin/alexa.py"  at sun.nio.ch.Net.bind(Net.java:425)
10-10-2016 22:00:08.200 -0700 ERROR ExecProcessor - message from "python /Applications/Splunk/etc/apps/alexa/bin/alexa.py"  at sun.nio.ch.ServerSocketChannelImpl.bind(ServerSocketChannelImpl.java:223)
10-10-2016 22:00:08.200 -0700 ERROR ExecProcessor - message from "python /Applications/Splunk/etc/apps/alexa/bin/alexa.py"  at sun.nio.ch.ServerSocketAdaptor.bind(ServerSocketAdaptor.java:74)
10-10-2016 22:00:08.200 -0700 ERROR ExecProcessor - message from "python /Applications/Splunk/etc/apps/alexa/bin/alexa.py"  at org.eclipse.jetty.server.ServerConnector.open(ServerConnector.java:264)
10-10-2016 22:00:08.200 -0700 ERROR ExecProcessor - message from "python /Applications/Splunk/etc/apps/alexa/bin/alexa.py"  at org.eclipse.jetty.server.AbstractNetworkConnector.doStart(AbstractNetworkConnector.java:80)
10-10-2016 22:00:08.200 -0700 ERROR ExecProcessor - message from "python /Applications/Splunk/etc/apps/alexa/bin/alexa.py"  at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:69)
10-10-2016 22:00:08.200 -0700 ERROR ExecProcessor - message from "python /Applications/Splunk/etc/apps/alexa/bin/alexa.py"  at org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server.doStart(Server.java:303)
10-10-2016 22:00:08.200 -0700 ERROR ExecProcessor - message from "python /Applications/Splunk/etc/apps/alexa/bin/alexa.py"  at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:69)
10-10-2016 22:00:08.200 -0700 ERROR ExecProcessor - message from "python /Applications/Splunk/etc/apps/alexa/bin/alexa.py"  at com.splunk.modinput.alexa.AlexaWebService.startWebServer(Unknown Source)
10-10-2016 22:00:08.200 -0700 ERROR ExecProcessor - message from "python /Applications/Splunk/etc/apps/alexa/bin/alexa.py"  at com.splunk.modinput.alexa.AlexaWebService.doRun(Unknown Source)
10-10-2016 22:00:08.200 -0700 ERROR ExecProcessor - message from "python /Applications/Splunk/etc/apps/alexa/bin/alexa.py"  at com.splunk.modinput.ModularInput.init(Unknown Source)
10-10-2016 22:00:08.200 -0700 ERROR ExecProcessor - message from "python /Applications/Splunk/etc/apps/alexa/bin/alexa.py"  at com.splunk.modinput.alexa.AlexaWebService.main(Unknown Source)

I'm not sure these are related but am not sure what else to try. Thanks!

[Damien_Dallimor · Accepted solution]

Error executing modular input :
Permission denied :
java.net.SocketException: Permission
denied

This would imply that you are trying to open an HTTPs port that the user owning the splunkd process does not have OS permissions to open. ie: a port lower than 1024 such as 443.

This is all covered in the documentation

Please read the docs thoroughly, the troubleshooting section is also useful.

[ccampbell_splun]

Thanks, I assumed my user had enough permissions to do this task but apparently not 🙂
After running splunk under the root user I no longer get these errors and can run the tests!

[Damien_Dallimor]

Correct.
I run my Splunk instance for my Alexa work like : sudo splunk start