debug/refresh - TypeError: string indices must be integers, not str

[ben_leung]

After doing a /debug/refresh, I get the following error.

"TypeError: string indices must be integers, not str"

Below is the python traceback. Please help me understand this error and how to resolve this issue.

Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "/ngs/app/splunkp/splunk/lib/python2.7/site-packages/cherrypy/_cprequest.py", line 606, in respond
        cherrypy.response.body = self.handler()
      File "/ngs/app/splunkp/splunk/lib/python2.7/site-packages/cherrypy/_cpdispatch.py", line 25, in __call__
        return self.callable(*self.args, **self.kwargs)
      File "<string>", line 1, in <lambda>
      File "/ngs/app/splunkp/splunk/lib/python2.7/site-packages/splunk/appserver/mrsparkle/lib/decorators.py", line 38, in rundecs
        return fn(*a, **kw)
      File "<string>", line 1, in <lambda>
      File "/ngs/app/splunkp/splunk/lib/python2.7/site-packages/splunk/appserver/mrsparkle/lib/decorators.py", line 107, in check
        return fn(self, *a, **kw)
      File "<string>", line 1, in <lambda>
      File "/ngs/app/splunkp/splunk/lib/python2.7/site-packages/splunk/appserver/mrsparkle/lib/decorators.py", line 156, in validate_ip
        return fn(self, *a, **kw)
      File "<string>", line 1, in <lambda>
      File "/ngs/app/splunkp/splunk/lib/python2.7/site-packages/splunk/appserver/mrsparkle/lib/decorators.py", line 236, in preform_sso_check
        return fn(self, *a, **kw)
      File "<string>", line 1, in <lambda>
      File "/ngs/app/splunkp/splunk/lib/python2.7/site-packages/splunk/appserver/mrsparkle/lib/decorators.py", line 348, in check_login
        return fn(self, *a, **kw)
      File "<string>", line 1, in <lambda>
      File "/ngs/app/splunkp/splunk/lib/python2.7/site-packages/splunk/appserver/mrsparkle/lib/decorators.py", line 369, in handle_exceptions
        return fn(self, *a, **kw)
      File "/ngs/app/splunkp/splunk/lib/python2.7/site-packages/splunk/appserver/mrsparkle/controllers/debug.py", line 268, in refresh
        msg = e.extendedMessages[0]['text']
    TypeError: string indices must be integers, not str

[somesoni2 · Accepted solution]

You need to be admin to do the debug/refresh. Try the same with an admin account.

Update:

I am using Splunk 5.0.5 (with SSL authentication) and get the exact same error while doing https://host:8000/en_US/debug/refresh using non-admin account.

My Admin account has following capabilities.

title   capabilities
admin   admin_all_objects
admin   change_authentication
admin   edit_deployment_client
admin   edit_deployment_server
admin   edit_dist_peer
admin   edit_forwarders
admin   edit_httpauths
admin   edit_input_defaults
admin   edit_monitor
admin   edit_roles
admin   edit_scripted
admin   edit_search_server
admin   edit_server
admin   edit_splunktcp
admin   edit_splunktcp_ssl
admin   edit_tcp
admin   edit_udp
admin   edit_user
admin   edit_web_settings
admin   indexes_edit
admin   license_edit
admin   license_tab
admin   list_deployment_client
admin   list_forwarders
admin   list_httpauths
admin   rest_apps_management
admin   restart_splunkd
admin   run_debug_commands

For obvious reasons, the last capability looks responsible for providing debug/refresh capability.

[ben_leung]

Admin role does have the capability "run_debug_commands", still getting the error though. I restarted the search head and tried to debug/refresh again, same error comes up.

UPDATE: I ran the debug/refresh on the VIP URL and it was successful.

[ben_leung]

I am also doing this with a local account and SSO account. I cant decipher what the TypeError is referring to. I am using version 5.0.3

[ben_leung]

Yes, I have the admin role. Are there certain capabilities I might be missing? In our setup, the admin role has not been changed.