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Minifi Permission Denied - Logback.xml File Missing and Config File Update - Failed Error Occurred while Installing the Windows Event Log Collector

Solution: Run the following commands and set up the Windows Event Log Collector instance again.

To resolve the logback.xml error, use the following command:

sudo chmod 755 /opt
sudo chmod 755 /opt/exabeam
sudo chmod 755 /opt/exabeam/minifi
sudo chmod 755 /opt/exabeam/minifi_c2
sudo chmod 755 /opt/exabeam/minifi_c2/minifi_c2_conf

To resolve the Config.yml error, use the following command:

sudo chmod 755 /opt/exabeam/minifi_c2/minifi_c2_templates

While installing the Windows Event Log Cloud Collector, the install script validates the config.yml. After 30 seconds, if you get the the error message that states: Config File Update - Failed, use the above command to fix these errors.

To apply the changes, and restart the service, run the following command:

sudo /opt/exabeam/nifi/nifi_scripts/ngsc_restart.sh

Install the Windows Event Log Cloud Collector instance again.