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splunk universal forwarder error

Khushboo
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[khush@1122]$ !531

/dev/kt/splunk/splunkforwarder/bin/splunk start

splunkd 14116 was not running.

Stopping splunk helpers...

                                                           [  OK  ]

Done.

Stopped helpers.

Removing stale pid file... done.

 

Splunk> All batbelt. No tights.

 

Checking prerequisites...

        Checking mgmt port [8089]: open

error:00000000:lib(0):func(0):reason(0)

AES-GCM Decryption failed!

Decryption operation failed: AES-GCM Decryption failed!

        Checking conf files for problems...

error:00000000:lib(0):func(0):reason(0)

AES-GCM Decryption failed!

Decryption operation failed: AES-GCM Decryption failed!

error:00000000:lib(0):func(0):reason(0)

AES-GCM Decryption failed!

Decryption operation failed: AES-GCM Decryption failed!

error:00000000:lib(0):func(0):reason(0)

AES-GCM Decryption failed!

Decryption operation failed: AES-GCM Decryption failed!

        Done

        Checking default conf files for edits...

        Validating installed files against hashes from '/dev/kt/splunk/splunkforwarder/splunkforwarder-7.3.6-47d8552a4d84-linux-2.6-x86_64-manifest'

        All installed files intact.

        Done

All preliminary checks passed.

 

Starting splunk server daemon (splunkd)...

Enter PEM pass phrase:

Done

                                                           [  OK  ]

Does anyone please tell me what does highlighted means ?

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