Hi,
I have configured a Universal Forwarder with inputs, outputs, I can see in Debug all the monitored files are detected, however it looks like it will not send any data?
In the logs I can see:
05-12-2014 15:03:28.084 +0100 INFO IndexProcessor - Initializing: readonly=false reloading=false
05-12-2014 15:03:28.084 +0100 ERROR IndexConfig - stanza=default Required parameter=blockSignatureDatabase not configured
05-12-2014 15:03:28.084 +0100 ERROR IndexProcessor - Index configuration error: stanza=default Required parameter=blockSignatureDatabase not configured
05-12-2014 15:03:28.084 +0100 ERROR pipeline - Index configuration error: stanza=default Required parameter=blockSignatureDatabase not configured
05-12-2014 15:03:28.084 +0100 ERROR PipelineComponent - The pipeline indexerPipe threw an exception during initialize
05-12-2014 15:03:28.084 +0100 INFO PipelineComponent - Shutting down system due to fatal error
what is the problem?
You might want to check that
You might have the SplunkUniversalForwarder app 'disabled' via state parameter in $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/apps/SplunkUniversalForwarder/default/app.conf
$SPLUNK_HOME/cat etc/apps/SplunkUniversalForwarder/default/app.conf
#Version @SPLUNK_VERSION@
[default]
[install]
state = enabled
If disabled, turn to enabled as in the above example
You might want to check that
You might have the SplunkUniversalForwarder app 'disabled' via state parameter in $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/apps/SplunkUniversalForwarder/default/app.conf
$SPLUNK_HOME/cat etc/apps/SplunkUniversalForwarder/default/app.conf
#Version @SPLUNK_VERSION@
[default]
[install]
state = enabled
If disabled, turn to enabled as in the above example
Thanks for that! While not the fix to my exact problem, this answer got me on the path to figure out the problem in just a few short minutes.
In my case it wasn't that the $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/apps/SplunkUniversalForwarder/default/app.conf was misconfigured...
In my case it turns out that a poorly thought out workaround to another problem ended up deleting everything in the $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/apps/ folder. Including the whole SplunkUniversalForwarder folder.
I had this issue on a UF running on windows. The UF was missing the $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/apps/SplunkUniversalForwarder/. I ran a repair from the windows "Programs and Features". After the repair $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/apps/SplunkUniversalForwarder/ was present and error went away.
Splunk UF 6.2.6.