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Cannot communicate with task server- Splunk DBconnect 3.1.4
I upgraded the DBconnect app from 3.1.3 to 3.1.4 and got the following message:
"Cannot communicate with task server, please check your settings."
I have not changed any JVM path. The app was working fine until i upgraded to the latest version. I have tried restarting the splunk server but of no effect.
Any suggestions here?
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DBConnect 3.3.1 Initial Setup Encountering "cannot communicate with task server" & python script error DBConnect has this issue our environment when a user’s setting for Time Zone is set to anything other than "–Default System Timezone-".
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Have you checked if you need to upgrade drivers?
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Not required. checked that.
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Hi, I also got same issue, Make sure http_input app directory is present under $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/apps directory. For me somehow, it got deleted due to which I was facing "Cannot communicate with task server, please check your settings." issue in DB-Connect App.
Please note, DB-Connect internally used http-input to make connection and data forwarding.
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Let me check that, if not present do I just create a folder with name http_input?
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Did this end up working? I am running into the exact same issues.
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Hello dkeck,
Thank you for the solution, did try it, unfortunately, it did not work in this case.
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Do you see anything in your internal regarding this?
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