Following up... I am facing the same issue...running Splunk Enterprise  version 8.2.6.1. ... View more

Facing the same issue in Splunk Enterprise version  - 8.2.6.1    Any fix? workaround? please share !! ... View more

Exactly the same issue facing in Splunk Enterprise version 8.2.6.1   Any fix? or workaround?  ... View more

Hi @gcusello , Did you get the solution for this issue?  I am using Splunk v8.2.6.1 and I am facing the same issue. Please help if you have any solution for this! ... View more

We have to delete the mongod.lock file from the /Application/Splunk/var/lib/kvstore/mongo —> mongod.lock We have to remove this file to done that simply run below command in that path # SUDO rm -rf mongod.lock >> it will delete the that file. Next we have to provide the read permission to SPLUNK.KEY file to done that run below command # CHMOD 400 SPLUNK.KEY ( IT WORKS )  Then restart the splunk from GUI. Go to settings > server controls > Restart 😀 ... View more