Deployment Architecture

splunkweb does not start from base install on linux

drwndx
New Member

trying to install demo enterprise and splunkweb wont start

./splunk start

Splunk> All batbelt. No tights.

Checking prerequisites...
Checking http port [8000]: open
Checking mgmt port [8089]: open
Checking configuration... Done.
Checking critical directories... Done
Checking indexes...
Validated: _audit _blocksignature _internal _introspection _thef
Done
Checking filesystem compatibility... Done
Checking conf files for problems...
Done
All preliminary checks passed.

Starting splunk server daemon (splunkd)...
Done
[ OK ]
Error starting splunkweb. [FAILED]

output from splunkd.log pastebin.com/Vw5KC9Ev

output from splunkd_stderr.log :
2014-09-03 10:04:11.180 -0500 splunkd started (build 220630)
2014-09-03 10:09:04.559 -0500 Interrupt signal received
2014-09-03 10:09:12.905 -0500 splunkd started (build 220630)
2014-09-03 10:12:52.210 -0500 Interrupt signal received
2014-09-03 10:13:16.371 -0500 splunkd started (build 220630)

output from web_service.log pastebin.com/ZGdWwcqj

Linux ommitted 2.6.18-274.7.1.el5.028stab095.1 #1 SMP Mon Oct 24 20:49:24 MSD 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

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grijhwani
Motivator

That's a pretty damned ancient kernel you've got there! Not sure if that has any bearing on it.

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drwndx
New Member

to answer your other question, the pastebins to the logs are there in the post, I just took off the http to get around the karma block

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drwndx
New Member

yeah its just a testing container for some generic sites so its not a concern to have it up to date.

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