As per error message, root cause of the issue is related to log.cfg file in located the /opt/splunk/etc/ directory.
Checked in the splunkd.log file in $SPLUNK_HOME/var/log/splunk and observed the following message in it:
WARN Logger - /opt/splunk/etc/log.cfg:11: Parse error at "TailingProcessork....
It was found that the category.TailingProcessor parameter name was not spelled correctly. After updating the parameter name in the log.cfg file, user was able to start Splunk Server successfully.
As per error message, root cause of the issue is related to log.cfg file in located the /opt/splunk/etc/ directory.
Checked in the splunkd.log file in $SPLUNK_HOME/var/log/splunk and observed the following message in it:
WARN Logger - /opt/splunk/etc/log.cfg:11: Parse error at "TailingProcessork....
It was found that the category.TailingProcessor parameter name was not spelled correctly. After updating the parameter name in the log.cfg file, user was able to start Splunk Server successfully.