Common Challenges on the Edge
Learn how to resolve common issues you can encounter in Cribl Edge.
Here are some common issues that users have encountered when using Cribl Edge, along with guidance to resolve them.
Edge Configuration Not Working
If your Cribl Edge configuration changes aren’t taking effect, make sure you have committed and deployed them. It is an easy to forget step that is necessary for most configuration changes to take effect.
No Workers Registered
The “No workers registered” error can occur during a live data capture, when there are no Edge Nodes available to fulfill the capture request. This error can be triggered if you attempt to capture events too quickly following a commit & deploy.
You can do two things to resolve it:
If you recently committed and deployed changes, wait 30 seconds and retry the live capture.
In the Leader Node’s sidebar, select Edge Nodes and confirm there are Nodes currently registered with the Leader. Note that the error appears on a per-Fleet basis, which means that even if you have registered Nodes, they may not be in the Fleet you’re capturing live data from.
Duplicate Edge Node GUID
When you install and first run the software, a GUID is generated and stored in a .dat file located in CRIBL_HOME/local/cribl/auth/ (For example: /opt/cribl/local/cribl/auth/676f6174733432.dat on Linux, or C:\ProgramData\Cribl\local\cribl\auth\676f6174733432.dat on Windows).
When you deploy Cribl Edge as part of a host image or VM, the presence of the .dat file can cause duplicate GUIDs. To avoid it, stop Cribl Edge, then remove the .dat file. The file will regenerate on the next run.
Other Common Challenges
To learn about other challenges that can occur when running specific Edge scenarios, consult: