Exception error when launching SplunkIt search test

[alukens]

I'm using SplunkIt to test performance of new indexer hardware. I setup SplunkIt and ran the indexing test without issues and was able to get splunkit-user working, but I am getting an exception error (below) when launching searchtest.py on the server side.

Other information:

• CentOS 6.3
• Python 2.7.5
• Splunk 4.3.6
• SplunkWeb listening on TCP/8000
• iptables is open
• Nothing is listening on 8080 or 8081 per netstat
• Host is registered in DNS and can resolve adddresses

Suggestions on what may be wrong?

Thanks

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[root@phelsplind001 splunkit-server]# /usr/local/bin/python2.7 bin/searchtest.py

Preparing logger

[2013-10-11 08:48:48,483] ServerMain: Preparing server and test driver object

[2013-10-11 08:48:48,483] TestDriver: Preparing Pyro test driver object

[2013-10-11 08:48:48,484] TestDriver: Preparing results logger with CSV output enabled

[2013-10-11 08:48:48,484] TestDriver: CSV fields: ['timestamp', 'unix_timestamp', 'test_name', 'test_class', 'host', 'thread', 'id', 'agent_run', 'client_run', 'elapsed', 'run_duration', 'username', 'event_count', 'result_count', 'time_to_first_event', 'time_to_search']

[2013-10-11 08:48:48,485] ServerMain: Starting pyro server thread

Traceback (most recent call last):

File "bin/searchtest.py", line 616, in

main()

File "bin/searchtest.py", line 526, in main

server_thread = PyroServerThread(test_objects={'test.driver' : testdriver}, host=properties['server_host'], nameserver_port=int(properties['server_port']), daemon_port=int(properties['server_secondary_port']))

File "/var/splunkit-server/lib/pyro_server.py", line 130, in init
self.server = PyroServer(host=host, nameserver_port=nameserver_port, daemon_port=daemon_port, server_type=server_type)

File "/var/splunkit-server/lib/pyro_server.py", line 58, in init
nameserver_uri, nameserver_daemon, broadcast_server = Pyro4.naming.startNS(host=host, port=nameserver_port, enableBroadcast=False)

File "/var/splunkit-server/lib/Pyro4/naming.py", line 251, in startNS
daemon=NameServerDaemon(host, port, unixsocket, nathost=nathost, natport=natport)

File "/var/splunkit-server/lib/Pyro4/naming.py", line 121, in init
super(NameServerDaemon, self).init(host, port, unixsocket, nathost=nathost, natport=natport)

File "/var/splunkit-server/lib/Pyro4/core.py", line 772, in init
self.transportServer.init(self, host, port, unixsocket)

File "/var/splunkit-server/lib/Pyro4/socketserver/threadpoolserver.py", line 77, in init
self.sock=socketutil.createSocket(bind=bind_location, reuseaddr=Pyro4.config.SOCK_REUSE, timeout=Pyro4.config.COMMTIMEOUT, noinherit=True)

File "/var/splunkit-server/lib/Pyro4/socketutil.py", line 217, in createSocket
sock.bind(bind)

File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/socket.py", line 224, in meth
return getattr(self.sock,name)(*args)

socket.error: [Errno 99] Cannot assign requested address

Shutting down Pyro server

Exception AttributeError: "PyroServer instance has no attribute 'nameserver_daemon'" in <bound method PyroServer.del_ of > ignored

Exception AttributeError: "'PyroServerThread' object has no attribute 'server'" in > ignored

[tameem]

Sometimes using an ip address instead of hostname for server_host in pyro.properties will help. This occurs due to the limitations of the pyro library this framework is built on.

Thanks

[alukens]

It's very odd because the server can resolve it's own address in DNS, but using the IP address in pyro.properties in splunkit-server fixed it.

Thanks for your help.