In this blog we are going to demonstrate how to configure deployment client splunk to a deployment server.

Deployment Server: Deployment Server in splunk is used to act as centralized configuration manager for any number of other instances, called “deployment clients”.

Deployment Client: Deployment Server in splunk is used to receive the apps pushed by deployment server and it is configured with deployment server. Deployment client can be any instance that is universal forwarders, heavy forwarders, indexers, or search heads.

Note: The deployment server cannot be a deployment client of itself.

Steps to follow to configure deployment client splunk:

Step 1:

Create and edit a deploymentclient.conf file at:

$SPLUNK_HOME/etc/system/local.

Step 2:

The deploymentclient.conf file requires two stanzas :

[deployment-client] : Configures a number of attributes, including where to find new or updated content. You do not usually need to change the default values for this stanza.
[target-broker:deploymentServer] : Specifies the location of this client’s deployment server. deploymentServer is the default name for a deployment server. You must specify the deployment server under this stanza.

Attribute to be used :

targetUri : Specifies the deployment server connection information.
Set to <deployment_server_URI>:<management_port>.
The management port is typically 8089.

Example:

Here is a typical client configuration:

[deployment-client]

[target-broker:deploymentServer]
targetUri = deploymentserver.splunk.mycompany.com:8089

NOTE: Do not use the deployment server to push deploymentclient.conf updates to the deployment clients. Doing so can potentially lead to situations where the deployment clients lose their ability to contact the deployment server

Step 3:

View clients from the deployment server –

Once you configure and restart the client, it will initiate a handshake process with the specified deployment server. The deployment server adds it to its list of clients under the Clients tab of the forwarder management interface.

Example:

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