Environment
- EDR Event Forwarder: 3.8.1
Symptoms
- Error seen when attempting to save the profile in the EDR Web UI and the /var/log/cb/integrations/cb-event-forwarder/cb-event-forwarder.startup.log log file:
level=fatal msg="Configuration errors:\n hostname detection failed - set the system hostname or cb_server_url in the event-forwarder configuration file"
Cause
- Possible defect in 3.8.1 EDR Event Forwarder.
Resolution
- The hostname is missing from /etc/hosts in the localhost section.