Configuring the Deployment Server

The DS, as its name suggests, centrally manages the deployment to forwarders. It can deploy to both UFs and HFs and is optionally able to restart them after apps have been deployed. In this section, you will find out about the capabilities of DS and the configuration required to manage the forwarders.

Let’s go through the DS setup requirements:

• The DS is an instance of Splunk Enterprise software that requires a Splunk Enterprise license.
• Forwarders, whether they’re UFs or HFs, require a deploymentclient.conf file to be configured to establish a connection with the Splunk DS. This configuration file enables the forwarder to “phone home” and communicate with the DS. By either manually editing the deploymentclient.conf file or using the Splunk CLI, the forwarders can establish the required connection with the DS.
• The serverclass.conf configuration file for managing server classes can be set up through the...