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How to restart splunk web without starting splunk?

abhi04
Communicator

How to start splunk web I have tried splunk restart but still web is not up?

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adonio
Ultra Champion

if splunkd is running, you can try the following command from cli:

 /opt/splunk/bin/splunk restart splunkweb
 Your session is invalid.  Please login.
 Splunk username: admin
 Password: 
 Splunk's web interface has been restarted.

hope it helps

deepashri_123
Motivator

Hey @abhi04,

On what port is your splunk web running ? By default it is port 8000. Can you check if the port is open.
Also check splunk status:
/$SPLUNK_HOME$/bin/splunk status if splunkd is running or no.

Let me know if this helps!!

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abhi04
Communicator

It's running on 8000.splunkd is running.

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deepashri_123
Motivator
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p_gurav
Champion

Can you check internal logs in splunkd.log for any error?

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abhi04
Communicator

Getting below error:
Error searchprocessrunner - performed process=/8000 hung up

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p_gurav
Champion

In netstat -an splunk process is running on 800 and 8089 right?

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