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enaple TLS in splunk platform

kn450
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How enaple TLS in splunk platform from ca 

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PrewinThomas
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@kn450 

For Splunk Web - #https://help.splunk.com/en/splunk-enterprise/administer/manage-users-and-security/9.4/secure-splunk-...


For Splunk indexing and forwarding - #https://help.splunk.com/en/splunk-enterprise/administer/manage-users-and-security/9.4/secure-splunk-...


For inter-Splunk Comm. - #https://help.splunk.com/en/splunk-enterprise/administer/manage-users-and-security/10.0/secure-splunk...

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Prewin
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thahir
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Hi @kn450 , Did you check in the Splunkd.logs, any errors you spotted in the logs. Please share the logs here for further troubleshooting.

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livehybrid
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Hi @kn450 

Is this for the web port (8000)? Please check out https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/9.4.2/Security/SecureSplunkWebusingasignedcertificate and https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/9.4.2/Security/StepstosecuringSplunkwithTLS for more info on this.

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kn450
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If after applying the steps to secure Splunk Web using certificates (SSL/TLS), it gets stuck at: ``` Waiting for web server at https://127.0.0.1:8000 to be available............................... ``` but when you disable the certificates, it works normally,

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Hi @kn450 

Please could you look at the logs in $SPLUNK_HOME/var/log/splunk/splunkd.log - Are there any errors that might indicate why it failed to start?

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