topic Re: Deployment Server in Deployment Architecture

Deployment Server

hectorvp — Fri, 25 Sep 2020 13:04:04 GMT

I have Linux box as deployment server and windows servers where UF is hosted.

I'm able to successfully deploy application from deployment server to UF. However, I'm not able to fetch logs in my indexer.

In deployment server configurations are located at ->

/opt/splunk/etc/deployment-apps/windows_app/default

"windows_database" is app name

In UF(windows) these conf get downloaded at ->

\etc\apps\windows_app\default

But I guess these configuration are not been take into effect to monitor logs,don't know why.

I copied same configuration (inputs.conf & outputs.conf) and pasted in -> \etc\system\local

And was able to fetch every logs as intended. Did I miss out something while trying to implement using deployment server???

Configuration files are :

inputs.conf ->

[default]

[WinEventLog://Security]
disabled = 0
index= main

[WinEventLog://Application]
disabled = 0
index = main

[WinEventLog://System]
disabled = 0
index = main

Outputs.conf ->

[tcpout]
defaultGroup=ath_indexers

[tcpout:ath_indexers]
server=18.185.116.9:9997

Re: Deployment Server

gcusello — Fri, 25 Sep 2020 13:27:59 GMT

Hi @hectorvp,

probably I'm saying something that you already did:

a Technical add-Onn (TA) is structured as all the Splunk apps, at least the following folders:

default
local
metadata

In local or default folder you have to put your files (inputs.conf, props.con, etc...)

TAs must be located on Deployment Server in $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/deployment-apps as folders (not zip or tar or tgz).

Deployment server deployes TAs in $SPLUNK_HOME\apps (in Windows)

Remember, on Deployment Server, to flag "restart ufter updates" option (by default it isn't flagged) otherwise changes aren't activated.

For Windows logs, I hint to use the Splunk TA Windows (https://splunkbase.splunk.com/app/742/) instead custom inputs, remembering to enable the stanzas you want.

Only one last question: searching for Splunk internal logs did you have results?

Ciao.

Giuseppe

Re: Deployment Server

hectorvp — Fri, 25 Sep 2020 13:35:17 GMT

Nope I didn't received any internal logs when configurations were inside apps.

When I pasted same configurations in etc\system\local....I fetched internal as well as windows event logs as intended.

Point to raise this question was this happened with me twice.May be I missing something.

Thanks for the suggestion to use app "Splunk Add on for Windows".

Re: Deployment Server

gcusello — Fri, 25 Sep 2020 13:41:03 GMT

Hi @hectorvp,

if you don't receive interval logs from that server, it means that the problem isn't in inputs.conf but in outputs.conf or there's a network problem between UF and Indexer to debug.

if you try telnet from that server to the indexer what result do you have?

telnet ip_indexer 9997

Ciao.

Giuseppe

Re: Deployment Server

hectorvp — Fri, 25 Sep 2020 16:50:39 GMT

Thanks @gcusello,