Installation

Splunk enterprise installation error

Saddam_97
Observer

Hi any one know ..why I am getting an error while installing splunk enterprise setup ..I get the error as splunk enterprise setup ended prematurely because an error. Your system has not been modified...if any one knows the answer please help ..me

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jho-splunk
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

Hi @Saddam_97,

Please see the following reply for instructions on how to troubleshoot: https://community.splunk.com/t5/Installation/Install-issue-on-Server-2016/m-p/540173/highlight/true#...

Cheers,

 

 - Jo.

 

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codebuilder
Influencer

If you are installing on Linux and using a non-root user it can fail because /opt is owned by root.

Try using sudo or the root user, or create a /opt/splunk subdirectory and chown it to splunk:splunk.

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