Why is splunk service getting stopped intermittently on Search Head

[Ashwini008]

Hi,

splunk service on Search head is stopping frequently .After restarting splunk service it would come up.

But now even after restarting splunk service is not starting on search head.

I see below error.

ERROR ScriptRunner - Error setting up output pipe.

ERROR AdminManagerExternal - External handler failed with code '-1' and output: ''. See splunkd.log for stderr output.

Any suggestions on how to fix

[richgalloway]

As the error message suggests, did you check splunkd.log?  Are Splunk's ulimit settings correct?