If this only happens upon a restart of the server, you will need to ensure that the variable is declared in your startup script. Splunk will be configured to boot-start in a best practice scenario. However, if the boot-start script does not declare that variable, it will not exist when Splunk is started by init or systemd. Your shell RC file does not execute upon boot or init/systemd starting services; only upon interactive login. Keep it there. It is important for when Splunk is restarted by a human running the shell. Or automation for that matter. Solution: declare the variable. For init, you can simply declare it just like you already do in your shell RC in the start) f. For systemd, you will declare it like this in the [Settings] stanza: Environment="REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE=/full/path/to/your/internal/ca/pem/file/with/no/variables"
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