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How to change back license group from enterprise license to forwarder license?

mysicksi
Path Finder

Hi everyone,

I'm a total Splunk noob. The title basically says it all. I recently changed the group from enterprise to forwarder. Now I cannot access the GUI. Is there a way I can change it back from the CLI? Also, will this change affect the current operations of the heavy forwarder? Thank you.

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ivanreis
Builder

Hi mysicksi,
please check if there is a stanza named as:
[license]
active_group = Forwarder

at $Splunk_Home/etc/system/local under server.conf

edit the server.conf , go to license stanza and change to:
[license]
master_uri = https://yourlicenseservername:8089

  • An example of : ://:

it can be either FQDN or Ipaddress of the server

active_group = Enterprise

save the changes and start splunk service running /opt/splunk/bin/splunk restart

For further information on server.conf check this document-> https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/8.0.0/Admin/Serverconf#License_manager_settings_for_con...

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Ishanjain
Engager

Is there a limitation on number of installation of Universal forwarder in Hosting environment (Server) assuming i have relevant license available?

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ivanreis
Builder

Hi mysicksi,
please check if there is a stanza named as:
[license]
active_group = Forwarder

at $Splunk_Home/etc/system/local under server.conf

edit the server.conf , go to license stanza and change to:
[license]
master_uri = https://yourlicenseservername:8089

  • An example of : ://:

it can be either FQDN or Ipaddress of the server

active_group = Enterprise

save the changes and start splunk service running /opt/splunk/bin/splunk restart

For further information on server.conf check this document-> https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/8.0.0/Admin/Serverconf#License_manager_settings_for_con...

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