Hi Team, I am installing splunk universal forwarder using ansible : When I am trying to start splunk and accept license, I am getting below error : ``` fatal: [Server-a]: FAILED! => {"changed": true, "cmd": ["/opt/splunkforwarder/bin/splunk", "start", "--accept-license", "--answer-yes", "--no-prompt"], "delta": "0:00:00.130544", "end": "2022-04-16 17:17:20.807732", "msg": "non-zero return code", "rc": 1, "start": "2022-04-16 17:17:20.677188", "stderr": "\n-- Migration information is being logged to '/opt/splunkforwarder/var/log/splunk/migration.log.2022-04-16.17-17-20' --\nERROR while running renew-certs migration.", "stderr_lines": ["", "-- Migration information is being logged to '/opt/splunkforwarder/var/log/splunk/migration.log.2022-04-16.17-17-20' --", "ERROR while running renew-certs migration."], "stdout": "\nThis appears to be an upgrade of Splunk.\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------)\n\nSplunk has detected an older version of Splunk installed on this machine. To\nfinish upgrading to the new version, Splunk's installer will automatically\nupdate and alter your current configuration files. Deprecated configuration\nfiles will be renamed with a .deprecated extension.\n\nYou can choose to preview the changes that will be made to your configuration\nfiles before proceeding with the migration and upgrade:\n\nIf you want to migrate and upgrade without previewing the changes that will be\nmade to your existing configuration files, choose 'y'.\nIf you want to see what changes will be made before you proceed with the\nupgrade, choose 'n'.\n\n\nPerform migration and upgrade without previewing configuration changes? [y/n] y\n\nMigrating to:\nVERSION=8.2.4\nBUILD=87e2dda940d1\nPRODUCT=splunk\nPLATFORM=Linux-x86_64\n\n\nERROR: In order to migrate, Splunkd must not be running.", "stdout_lines": ["", "This appears to be an upgrade of Splunk.", "--------------------------------------------------------------------------------)", "", "Splunk has detected an older version of Splunk installed on this machine. To", "finish upgrading to the new version, Splunk's installer will automatically", "update and alter your current configuration files. Deprecated configuration", "files will be renamed with a .deprecated extension.", "", "You can choose to preview the changes that will be made to your configuration", "files before proceeding with the migration and upgrade:", "", "If you want to migrate and upgrade without previewing the changes that will be", "made to your existing configuration files, choose 'y'.", "If you want to see what changes will be made before you proceed with the", "upgrade, choose 'n'.", "", "", "Perform migration and upgrade without previewing configuration changes? [y/n] y", "", "Migrating to:", "VERSION=8.2.4", "BUILD=87e2dda940d1", "PRODUCT=splunk", "PLATFORM=Linux-x86_64", "", "", "ERROR: In order to migrate, Splunkd must not be running."]} ``` This error not happens everytime. First time when I run the script it doesnot throw this error and runs successfully. If I run second time on same host, it shows this error . Can someone help me to understand this please ??? ``` command I am using : /opt/splunkforwarder/bin/splunk start --accept-license --answer-yes Thanks in Advance, Poojitha
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