# Errors with new Graylog installation

**URL:** <https://community.graylog.org/t/errors-with-new-graylog-installation/34465>\
**Category:** Graylog Central (peer support)\
**Created:** [December 17, 2024, 9:07pm UTC](https://community.graylog.org/t/errors-with-new-graylog-installation/34465 "2024-12-17T21:07:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![edwardl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9d8465/32.png) [@edwardl](https://community.graylog.org/u/edwardl)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2024, 9:07pm UTC](https://community.graylog.org/t/errors-with-new-graylog-installation/34465/1 "2024-12-17T21:07:04Z")

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**1. Describe your incident:**

Unable to get new Graylog installation functional. I Get 3 errors shown in following screenshot.

 ![graylogErrors](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/graylog/original/3X/9/4/94d84ee360960716bbdd0299b596d75b2863d612.png)

I used the following guide for the installation:

> **[Debian Installation](https://go2docs.graylog.org/current/downloading_and_installing_graylog/debian_installation.htm)**
>
> Install Graylog on Debian with this guide, covering prerequisites, MongoDB, and Graylog configuration steps.

**2. Describe your environment:**

- OS Information:

Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)  
MongoDB: 7.0.15  
Openjdk-17-jdk: 17.0.13+11-2  
Opensearch: 7.10.2  
Java: 17.10.13

- Package Version:

Graylog-datanode: 6.1.3-1  
Graylog-server: 6.1.3-1

- Service logs, configurations, and environment variables:

Selection from **var/log/graylog-server/server.log**

```auto
1) [Guice/ErrorInjectingConstructor]: IllegalArgumentException: Illegal base64 character 2d
  at CustomCAX509TrustManager.<init>(CustomCAX509TrustManager.java:42)
  while locating CustomCAX509TrustManager
  at ServerPreflightChecksModule.configure(ServerPreflightChecksModule.java:44)
  while locating X509TrustManager

```

cat /etc/graylog/server/server.conf | egrep -v “^\s\*(#|$)”

```auto
node_id_file = /etc/graylog/server/node-id
password_secret = XXXXXXXXX
root_password_sha2 = XXXXXXXXX
bin_dir = /usr/share/graylog-server/bin
data_dir = /var/lib/graylog-server
plugin_dir = /usr/share/graylog-server/plugin
http_bind_address = 192.168.80.109:9000
stream_aware_field_types=false
disabled_retention_strategies = none,close
allow_leading_wildcard_searches = false
allow_highlighting = false
field_value_suggestion_mode = on
output_batch_size = 500
output_flush_interval = 1
output_fault_count_threshold = 5
output_fault_penalty_seconds = 30
processor_wait_strategy = blocking
ring_size = 65536
inputbuffer_ring_size = 65536
inputbuffer_wait_strategy = blocking
message_journal_enabled = true
message_journal_dir = /var/lib/graylog-server/journal
lb_recognition_period_seconds = 3
mongodb_uri = mongodb://localhost/graylog
mongodb_max_connections = 1000
integrations_scripts_dir = /usr/share/graylog-server/scripts

```

**3. What steps have you already taken to try and solve the problem?**

\*Google searches. I found similar issues in forums including this one, but didn’t find a solution.  
\*Guide did not mention Java as a dependency, so uninstalled Graylog, installed Java and reinstalled Graylog.  
\*Original password\_secret contained dashes. Tried replacing with zeros for RFC 4648 compatibility, but still face the same issue.

**4. How can the community help?**

Does anyone have any hints as to what may be causing these errors? Thanks in advance.

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**Author:** ![Joel\_Duffield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71c47a/32.png) [@Joel\_Duffield](https://community.graylog.org/u/Joel_Duffield)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2024, 3:38am UTC](https://community.graylog.org/t/errors-with-new-graylog-installation/34465/2 "2024-12-18T03:38:50Z")

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Can you also post your datanode config file? Also is datanode snd graylog on the same machine different machines etc?

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**Author:** ![edwardl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9d8465/32.png) [@edwardl](https://community.graylog.org/u/edwardl)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2024, 3:22pm UTC](https://community.graylog.org/t/errors-with-new-graylog-installation/34465/3 "2024-12-18T15:22:32Z")

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Both datanode and graylog are installed on the same machine.

cat /etc/graylog/datanode/datanode.conf | egrep -v “^\s\*(#|$)”

```auto
node_id_file = /etc/graylog/datanode/node-id
config_location = /etc/graylog/datanode
password_secret = XXXXXX
root_password_sha2 = XXXXXX
mongodb_uri = mongodb://localhost/graylog
opensearch_location = /usr/share/graylog-datanode/dist
opensearch_config_location = /var/lib/graylog-datanode/opensearch/config
opensearch_data_location = /var/lib/graylog-datanode/opensearch/data
opensearch_logs_location = /var/log/graylog-datanode/opensearch

```

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/graylog/original/3X/c/7/c7c09c6b5099570133d6502b83f50ba4430de5b6.png) [@system](https://community.graylog.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2025, 3:22pm UTC](https://community.graylog.org/t/errors-with-new-graylog-installation/34465/4 "2025-01-01T15:22:43Z")

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