Splunk Enterprise

restarting Splunk forwarder on Linux

splunktrainingu
Communicator

Hello the issue I am having is with the following command:

 

./splunk restart

 

  

When I try to restart I get the following message:

 

As Su user:
Failed to run splunk as SPLUNK_OS_USER. This command can only be run by bootstart user.

without su user:
please run 'splunk ftr' as boot-start user

 

 

I am not understanding what it is asking me to do...

 

I want to mention that puppet is the tool we use to deploy the UF to our linux servers. I am trying to restart the UF because I want to see if the linux server will  use the splunk server as a deploymentserver by adding a deploymentclient.conf file to SplunkUniversalForwarder/etc/system/local.

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scelikok
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

@splunktrainingu,

Please check splunk-launch.conf for SPLUNK_OS_USER then su to this user and start the Splunk service like below; (assuming SPLUNK_OS_USER is splunk)

sudo su splunk -
/opt/splunk/bin splunk start

 

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scelikok
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

@splunktrainingu,

Please check splunk-launch.conf for SPLUNK_OS_USER then su to this user and start the Splunk service like below; (assuming SPLUNK_OS_USER is splunk)

sudo su splunk -
/opt/splunk/bin splunk start

 

If this reply helps you upvote is appreciated.

If this reply helps you an upvote and "Accept as Solution" is appreciated.
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