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Splunk docker(v8.0) installation error

techc0de
Loves-to-Learn

Hi,

I'm trying to test out Splunk docker in my Debian server, but I'm unable to get it start after several attempts.

 

 

 

 

Creating splunk ... error

ERROR: for splunk  Cannot start service splunk: OCI runtime create failed: container_linux.go:349: starting container process caused "exec: \"/sbin/entrypoint.sh\": stat /sbin/entrypoint.sh: permission denied": unknown

ERROR: for splunk  Cannot start service splunk: OCI runtime create failed: container_linux.go:349: starting container process caused "exec: \"/sbin/entrypoint.sh\": stat /sbin/entrypoint.sh: permission denied": unknown
ERROR: Encountered errors while bringing up the project.

 

 

 

 

docker-compose file:

 

 

 

version: '3.3'
services:
  splunk:
    ports:
      - '8500:8000'
    environment:
      - SPLUNK_START_ARGS=--accept-license
      - SPLUNK_PASSWORD='removed'
    volumes:
    - /opt/docker/splunk/etc:/opt/splunk/etc
    - /opt/docker/splunk/var:/opt/splunk/var
    container_name: splunk
    image: 'splunk/splunk:8.0'

 

 

 

 

 

 

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techc0de
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file permissions:

 

total 20
drwxr-xr-x  4 dockeruser users 4096 Aug 16 16:46 .
drwx--x--x 36 root       root  4096 Aug 16 16:45 ..
-rw-r--r--  1 dockeruser users  327 Aug 16 16:46 docker-compose.yml
drwxr-xr-x 15 dockeruser users 4096 Aug 16 16:22 etc
drwxr-xr-x  2 dockeruser users 4096 Aug 15 21:37 var
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