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Can't access splunk web remotely

tprzelom
Path Finder

I've got RHEL 6 with the splunk server installed on VM one.
XP sp2 on VM two.

The devices are able to ping each other.
A splunk status shows all the splunk services running.
I dont see anything suspicious in /opt/splunk/var/log/splunk/web_service.log

I've run a netstat -e and confirmed the server is listening on port 8000.
From the windows vm i am unable to telnet on port 8000 which should establish a connection and confirm the service.

I'm using firefox 3.6 on the windows vm.
Im using the default web.conf file on the splunk server.
I've also tried different ports and enabling SSL.

please help,
t

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tprzelom
Path Finder

I figured it out.

Needed an iptable entry to allow port 8000 connections

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Drainy
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While you're editing it, you should click the tick next to your answer to accept it 🙂

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tprzelom
Path Finder

I figured it out.

Needed an iptable entry to allow port 8000 connections

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DUThibault
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How to do so? See http://answers.splunk.com/answers/3503/cannot-get-to-splunk-web-interface.html (Answer by neelamssantosh, Sep 19, 2015 at 01:11 AM)

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