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Why am I encountering the "MissingSectionHeaderError" in the Splunk app for MongoDB Commands?

isabellechristo
New Member

I am trying to use the Splunk app MongoDB Commands

When I call the command "|mongoshowdb"
I get this error:

MissingSectionHeaderError at "xxxxxxx\Splunk\Python-2.7\Lib\ConfigParser.py", line 512 : File contains no section headers. file: xxxxxxxxx\Splunk\etc\apps\mongodb_commands\bin..\local\mongodb.conf, line: 1 '\xef\xbb\xbf\n'
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p_gurav
Champion

Hi isabellechristophe,

This link is helpful for you. The user getting same error:
https://answers.splunk.com/answers/578834/mongodb-commands-app-missingsectionheadererror-whe.html

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isabellechristo
New Member

Hello

my problem is : I have no file mongodb.conf, I don't know what put inside

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p_gurav
Champion

You can check in default directory's mongodb.conf for reference.

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isa128
New Member

I haven't default directory with a mongodb.conf file . If you have a default mongodb, could you please show me this file.

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