https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Enterprise/Upgrading-app-lost-kvstore-objects-TenableAppForS/m-p/570558#M10314 <P>If you had your definitions in app/local directory, it should have been retained across upgrades. The app should overwrite the app/default directory (and therefore you should never directly edit files there) but your local files shouldn't be touched.</P> Tue, 12 Oct 2021 05:21:16 GMT PickleRick 2021-10-12T05:21:16Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Enterprise/Upgrading-app-lost-kvstore-objects-TenableAppForS/m-p/570390#M10298 <P>I thought I was following OK practice as these were customisations to collections.conf and transforms.conf and savedsearches.conf in the local directory</P><P>But it appears the app owner just got rid of them when I upgraded to 5.0.0 to 5.1.0</P><P>Working to recover the situation and have pinged the developer. The data should be recreated</P><P>Was it my fault by adding stanzas to a commercial app ? or should I have been protected if I stuck to local copies ?</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Sun, 10 Oct 2021 15:26:39 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Enterprise/Upgrading-app-lost-kvstore-objects-TenableAppForS/m-p/570390#M10298 donelliot 2021-10-10T15:26:39Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Enterprise/Upgrading-app-lost-kvstore-objects-TenableAppForS/m-p/570396#M10299 <P>What is your environment? Do you use all-in-one setup or do you have search-head cluster? How do you deploy apps? How did you upgrade the app?</P> Sun, 10 Oct 2021 18:07:45 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Enterprise/Upgrading-app-lost-kvstore-objects-TenableAppForS/m-p/570396#M10299 PickleRick 2021-10-10T18:07:45Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Enterprise/Upgrading-app-lost-kvstore-objects-TenableAppForS/m-p/570397#M10300 <P>I got&nbsp; an all-in one setup, and just download the app without pre-testing - my bad</P> Sun, 10 Oct 2021 18:26:05 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Enterprise/Upgrading-app-lost-kvstore-objects-TenableAppForS/m-p/570397#M10300 donelliot 2021-10-10T18:26:05Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Enterprise/Upgrading-app-lost-kvstore-objects-TenableAppForS/m-p/570398#M10301 <P>Ok. But how did you update them? Using the "apps" screen in splunk webui? By downloading them manually and installing them from cli?</P> Sun, 10 Oct 2021 18:43:40 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Enterprise/Upgrading-app-lost-kvstore-objects-TenableAppForS/m-p/570398#M10301 PickleRick 2021-10-10T18:43:40Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Enterprise/Upgrading-app-lost-kvstore-objects-TenableAppForS/m-p/570400#M10302 <P>I'm fairly sure by clicking on the update hint&nbsp; from the manaagement screen&nbsp;/en-US/manager/launcher/apps/local</P> Sun, 10 Oct 2021 20:32:21 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Enterprise/Upgrading-app-lost-kvstore-objects-TenableAppForS/m-p/570400#M10302 donelliot 2021-10-10T20:32:21Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Enterprise/Upgrading-app-lost-kvstore-objects-TenableAppForS/m-p/570469#M10306 <P>As before I just clicked on upgrade in the management of apps screen and it seems to have emptied the local directory ! restoring from a backup</P> Mon, 11 Oct 2021 13:37:33 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Enterprise/Upgrading-app-lost-kvstore-objects-TenableAppForS/m-p/570469#M10306 donelliot 2021-10-11T13:37:33Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Enterprise/Upgrading-app-lost-kvstore-objects-TenableAppForS/m-p/570558#M10314 <P>If you had your definitions in app/local directory, it should have been retained across upgrades. The app should overwrite the app/default directory (and therefore you should never directly edit files there) but your local files shouldn't be touched.</P> Tue, 12 Oct 2021 05:21:16 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Enterprise/Upgrading-app-lost-kvstore-objects-TenableAppForS/m-p/570558#M10314 PickleRick 2021-10-12T05:21:16Z