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Guardium STAP becomes red in GUI soon after install

Troubleshooting


Problem

STAP appears green in the Guardium Collector's GUI after install, but as soon as any actions are taken (such as restart, or Inspection Engine configuration) the STAP goes red and cannot be started.

Symptom

You may see the following errors in the server syslog:

Apr 11 12:00:23 <hostname> guard_tap[6695]: GUARD-01: Error Initializing STap The parameter kafka_bootstrap_servers in section TAP cannot be converted.
Apr 11 12:00:33 <hostname> guard_tap[7194]: Tap_controller::init failed The parameter kafka_bootstrap_servers in section TAP cannot be converted.

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Document Information

Modified date:
16 June 2018

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swg21991304