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Getting error "Couldn't request server info: Couldn't complete HTTP request: Connection refused"

Ka21
Loves-to-Learn

While creating HEC token through putty by using below command, we are getting error like "Couldn't request server info: Couldn't complete HTTP request: Connection refused".  Please provide any info or solution.


/opt/splunk/bin/splunk http-event-collector create Appd_Splunk -uri http://<IP>:8089 -description "This is a Appd token" -disabled 1 -index toll_alrt

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Richfez
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Did you enable HEC?  https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/9.1.3/Data/UseHECfromtheCLI says it's something like

 

splunk http-event-collector enable -uri https://localhost:8089

 

(It's unclear from the docs if enabling a specific token enabled the global HEC settings or not, but this definitely will do that)

 

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