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start request repeated too quickly for splunk.service

venkateshparank
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Can someone please help with below error ?
Splunk forwarder is failing with below error.

● splunk.service - Systemd service file for Splunk, generated by 'splunk enable boot-start'
Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/splunk.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
Active: failed (Result: start-limit) since Fri 2020-02-21 14:11:39 PST; 785ms ago
Process: 30472 ExecStartPost=/bin/bash -c chown -R splunk:splunk /sys/fs/cgroup/memory/system.slice/%n (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Process: 30469 ExecStartPost=/bin/bash -c chown -R splunk:splunk /sys/fs/cgroup/cpu/system.slice/%n (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Process: 30468 ExecStart=/opt/splunk/splunkforwarder/bin/splunk _internal_launch_under_systemd (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
Main PID: 30468 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

Feb 21 14:11:39 localhost systemd[1]: splunk.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Feb 21 14:11:39 localhost systemd[1]: Unit splunk.service entered failed state.
Feb 21 14:11:39 localhost systemd[1]: splunk.service failed.
Feb 21 14:11:39 localhost systemd[1]: splunk.service holdoff time over, scheduling restart.
Feb 21 14:11:39 localhost systemd[1]: Stopped Systemd service file for Splunk, generated by 'splunk enable boot-start'.
Feb 21 14:11:39 localhost systemd[1]: start request repeated too quickly for splunk.service
Feb 21 14:11:39 localhost systemd[1]: Failed to start Systemd service file for Splunk, generated by 'splunk enable boot-start'.
Feb 21 14:11:39 localhost systemd[1]: Unit splunk.service entered failed state.
Feb 21 14:11:39 localhost systemd[1]: splunk.service failed.

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nickhills
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Some people have reported issues with the systemd 'boot-start' scripts created by earlier versions of Splunk
In these cases running splunk disable boot-start (removing the old config) and then re-enabling it with splunk enable boot-start updates the script to the latest version and solves some problems.

Remember to set the boot-start options you need, eg -user splunk and probably -systemd-managed 1
https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/8.0.2/Admin/ConfigureSplunktostartatboottime

If my comment helps, please give it a thumbs up!

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