Scripted splunkforwarder deployment: FAILED: Error updating configuration.

[ssbarnea]

Deployment fails with the error: FAILED: Error updating configuration.

The command being executed is
"/opt/splunkforwarder/bin/splunk" set deploy-poll "mymachine.example.com:8089" --accept-license --answer-yes --auto-ports --no-prompt

This command is part for the example deploy script provided by splunk.

[jgedeon120]

/opt/splunkforwarder/bin/splunk start --accept-license --answer-yes --auto-ports --no-prompt
/opt/splunkforwarder/bin/splunk set deploy-poll mymachine.example.com:8089 -auth admin:changeme
/opt/splunkforwarder/bin/splunk enable boot-start
/opt/splunkforwarder/bin/splunk edit user admin -password $PASSWORD -auth admin:changeme
/opt/splunkforwarder/bin/splunk restart

Is what I use in my script