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cvajs
Contributor

v4.3.1 on sles 11.1

pdf server is local with splunk. when i try to preview a report the graphs/pictures are blank in the report. is this a bug?

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rsimmons
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

If you have SSL enabled and are using a proxy, you can resolve this issue by deleting "http_proxy" and "https_proxy" environment variables or whatever customer ones pertaining to proxy that are set under $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/splunk-launch.conf. Upon deleting your added variable stanza and restarting Splunk, you should be able to receive your PDF.

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rsimmons
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

If you have SSL enabled and are using a proxy, you can resolve this issue by deleting "http_proxy" and "https_proxy" environment variables or whatever customer ones pertaining to proxy that are set under $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/splunk-launch.conf. Upon deleting your added variable stanza and restarting Splunk, you should be able to receive your PDF.

cvajs
Contributor

i also get this message in email for a scheduled pdf report

An error occurred while generating a PDF of this report:
Failed to fetch PDF from appserver at https://splunk:8000/en-US/report/:

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