Couldn't determine $SPLUNK_HOME or $SPLUNK_ETC;

[syloee]

hi everyone

i installed splunk after delete splunk 

i go /splunk/bin and ./splunk start

i see error message "ERROR: Couldn't determine $SPLUNK_HOME or $SPLUNK_ETC; perhaps one should be set in environment"

how i can do?

thank you very much!

[codebuilder]

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[syloee]

thank you

[codebuilder]

Did you re-install Splunk as the root user? If so, the directory permissions might be off.

Assuming you are running Splunk as the splunk user, try using chown -RP splunk:splunk /opt/splunk

You can additionally modify $SPLUNK_HOME in /opt/splunk/etc/splunk-launch.conf (assuming you installed on Linux to the default directory).

[syloee]

thank you very much

[venkatasri · Accepted solution]

@syloee you could try setting splunk_home variable as advised here - https://community.splunk.com/t5/Deployment-Architecture/Where-is-splunk-installed-on-Linux/m-p/12313...

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[syloee]

thank you very much!