Getting Data In

Why is my connection from forarder to indexer timing out?

sillingworth
Path Finder

I have 2 VMs, one running an indexer:

hostname "splunkbox"
ip 192.168.56.151

and one running a universal forwarder:

hostname "splunkforwarder"
ip 192.168.56.152

I'm getting this error on my forwarder:

WARN  TcpOutputProc - Cooked connection to ip=192.168.56.151:9997 timed out

splunkforwarder's outputs.conf looks like this:

[tcpout]
defaultGroup=local_splunk

[tcpout:local_splunk]
server=splunkbox:9997

[tcpout-server://splunkbox:9997]

splunkbox's inputs.conf looks like this:

[default]
host = splunkbox

[tcp://:9997]
disabled=0

Connectivity between the two is in place:

# nc -v 192.168.56.151 9997
Ncat: Version 6.40 ( http://nmap.org/ncat )
Ncat: Connected to 192.168.56.151:9997.

So what could the problem be?

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sillingworth
Path Finder

I deleted my input stanza and used the receiving gui on the indexer, now it works.

For reference, here's what it created in inputs.conf:

[splunktcp://9997]
connection_host = ip

So I needed that instead of

 [tcp://:9997]
 disabled=0

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sillingworth
Path Finder

I deleted my input stanza and used the receiving gui on the indexer, now it works.

For reference, here's what it created in inputs.conf:

[splunktcp://9997]
connection_host = ip

So I needed that instead of

 [tcp://:9997]
 disabled=0

adonio
Ultra Champion

Hello there,
many answers about this error in this portal:
https://answers.splunk.com/answers/38206/cooked-connection-timed-out.html
https://answers.splunk.com/answers/226566/why-are-we-getting-error-tcpoutputproc-cooked-conn.html
https://answers.splunk.com/answers/217841/cooked-connection-to-ip-timed-out.html
https://answers.splunk.com/answers/206760/tcpoutputproc-cooked-connection-to-ipxxxx9997-time.html
make sure you enabled receiving on the Indexes (splunkbox) side
http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.5.2/Forwarding/Enableareceiver
i see in your question it reflect in inputs.conf but worthwhile to double check
another option is to try and replace the "splunkbox" with the ip on outputs.conf only to make sure

hope it helps

sillingworth
Path Finder

Thanks, one of them pointed me in the right direction. I'll write an answer to explain exactly what needed changing.

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woodcock
Esteemed Legend

Yes, post it as an answer and then click Accept (you should upvote @adonio, too).

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sillingworth
Path Finder

What is a cooked connection?

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