Installation

Why did my Splunk Forwarder end prematurely?

Ziadm
Path Finder

so i was trying to install a forwarder on the DC and i ran into this issue 
 here is the link to the log file since i cant figure out how to attach it here 
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1j73adahjOwc52lE6Oxxi6lBzAFHpErK1/view?usp=sharing

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gcusello
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Hi @Ziadm,

let me understand: now you installed the UF on the DC but you have still problems, is this correct?

This is a new question, for the next time, please close the first question and the n opne a new one.

Anyway, some questions:

  • does you UF send logs to the indexer?, you can check on the indexer running a simple search like "index=_internal host=<DC_hostname>"
  • If yes, how are you taking DC logs, which add-on are you using?
  • if not, check the connection between UF and IDX using "telnet <ip_indexer> 9997"

Ciao.

Giuseppe

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Ziadm
Path Finder

for some weird reason now when i try to install it again it triggers the blue screen even after trying a fresh windows installation it's a VM if that matters at all

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gcusello
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Hi @Ziadm,

as I said, all the times I had a problem like your I opened a Case to Splunk Support.

Remember to create a Diag and attach it to the Case because this will be the first thing they'll ask you and they connot analyze you problem without it.

Ciao.

Giuseppe

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Ziadm
Path Finder

 i was able to solve the issue on my own apparently the firewall on the domain was blocking the connection to the deployment server/indexer
so i got this out of the way but now I'm facing another issue  after setting up everything I'm not receiving any events from the dc , i used the sysmon app because I only want to get the sysmon events for now  and I've enabled the inputs file as shown in the pic here

Ziadm_0-1664839333619.png

 

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Ziadm
Path Finder

Ziadm_0-1664845596250.png

 I checked with netstat and the connection has been established but i got a couple of weird errors in splunk that i don't know what they mean and I'm still unable to get the events from the DC

Ziadm_1-1664845709698.png

 

 

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gcusello
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Hi @Ziadm,

let me understand: now you installed the UF on the DC but you have still problems, is this correct?

This is a new question, for the next time, please close the first question and the n opne a new one.

Anyway, some questions:

  • does you UF send logs to the indexer?, you can check on the indexer running a simple search like "index=_internal host=<DC_hostname>"
  • If yes, how are you taking DC logs, which add-on are you using?
  • if not, check the connection between UF and IDX using "telnet <ip_indexer> 9997"

Ciao.

Giuseppe

Ziadm
Path Finder

@gcusello  thank you for the help , here's the link for the other question https://community.splunk.com/t5/Installation/UF-isn-t-sending-data-to-indexer/m-p/615867#M11981

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Ziadm
Path Finder

and before anyone asks i setup dhcp reservation for both the dc and the machine hosting the splunk instance 

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gcusello
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Hi @Ziadm,

let me understand: at the end, does the Universal Forwarder run on your DC?

What do you mean with ended prematurely?

the error in the initial configuration isn't a problem, doesn't give any problem to your installation.

Anyway, I hint to open a case to Splunk Support for your problem.

Ciao.

Giuseppe

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Ziadm
Path Finder

i was trying to install it on the dc but the wizard fails and says something along the line that it ended prematurely , but now i'm running into a blue screen issue on my DC so i'll come back to that later

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