Getting Data In

s2s negotiation failed between forwarder running host and indexers

parth995
Loves-to-Learn Lots

Using splunkforwarder-9.0.2-17e00c557dc1.x86_64 on forwarder linux box
Using splunk-9.0.4-de405f4a7979.x86_64 on indexer node.
From forwarder node I am able to telnet indexer node fine.
On forwarder node splunkd.log, I see below error for s2s negotiation failed.

 

ERROR AutoLoadBalancedConnectionStrategy [25021 TcpOutEloop] - s2s negotiation failed. response='NULL'
ERROR TcpOutputFd [25021 TcpOutEloop] - s2s negotiation failed. response='NULL'

 

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parth995
Loves-to-Learn Lots

Hey @isoutamo , May be I found the fix

I noticed inputs.conf on splunk indexer side was not having port mentioned on one of the block 

Added
"[splunktcp:<PORT>]" in $SPLUNK_BASE/etc/system/local on indexers


This fixed issue

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isoutamo
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Hi

can you paste your inputs.conf on indexer side and outputs.conf from UF side? Please anonymise (read: replace with xxx etc.) all data which can identified your environment and secrets!

And remove put those inside </> element on your reply!

r. Ismo

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