Why does splunkweb in 6.6.2 take so long to start?

[twinspop]

I've recently begun upgrading all my servers to 6.6.2 from 6.5.3. It's mostly been smooth, aside from the SSL issues with older builds of OpenSSL.

One thing that really stands out is how long it takes for splunkweb to finish start up. I mean, a crazy long time.

Waiting for web server at https://127.0.0.1:8443 to be available............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ Done

With 6.5.3 this part of a restart is almost instant every time. What gives?

[gjanders · Accepted solution]

Have you had a look at Slow splunkweb startup caused by splunk_instrumentation and seeing it that is the same issue or not?

Effectively from that post you could try this if you do not want your Splunk instance going via a proxy to the internet (from the other splunk answer):

On a server which doesn't have access
to the proxy, I just put the following
in my splunk-launch.conf:

 QUICKDRAW_URL=0

[twinspop]

Thank you. I missed that post in my searching. The QUICKDRAW_URL setting is working.

[gjanders]

No problem I'm going to report this to the documentation team again as this remains undocumented.