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Deployment Server - reload configs without restarting splunk?

tollops — Fri, 30 Jun 2023 15:54:46 GMT

Hi;

We are currently setting up multiple new forwarders, which are getting their configs from the deployment server.

Everytime, we setup a new app or modify an existing app we are having to restart splunk.

Is there an easier way to re-initialise the Deployment Server to refresh the /opt/splunk/var/run/tmp/ sub-folders without having to do a "service restart splunk"

Trevor..

Re: Deployment Server - reload configs without restarting splunk

tyronetv — Fri, 24 Jan 2014 03:46:29 GMT

According to http://wiki.splunk.com/Deploy:DeploymentServer it is $SPLUNK_HOME/bin/splunk reload deploy-server

There is other information there but I think that answers you question.

Re: Deployment Server - reload configs without restarting splunk

joshd — Fri, 24 Jan 2014 03:55:54 GMT

Should be able to reload the configs by accessing http://yoursplunkinstance/en-US/debug/refresh

Re: Deployment Server - reload configs without restarting splunk

lukejadamec — Fri, 24 Jan 2014 04:06:21 GMT

Big fan of reload deploy-server myself.

Re: Deployment Server - reload configs without restarting splunk

tollops — Fri, 24 Jan 2014 05:17:49 GMT

Bingo. We have success.
Thanks Peoples.. 🙂

Re: Deployment Server - reload configs without restarting splunk

lukejadamec — Fri, 24 Jan 2014 05:24:06 GMT

Great, help out and accept the right answer or post a better one.

Re: Deployment Server - reload configs without restarting splunk

kristian_kolb — Fri, 24 Jan 2014 07:18:52 GMT

that takes longer time, and it reloads a bunch of other stuff. I think it's generally better suited for reloading props/transforms stuff that would normally require a restart.

Re: Deployment Server - reload configs without restarting splunk

kskujawa — Mon, 18 Jan 2016 22:04:09 GMT

I have a dummy app that I push when I want to make changes. Just add that app and next check in all updated apps get pushed.

Re: Deployment Server - reload configs without restarting splunk

ben_leung — Tue, 19 Jul 2016 22:24:36 GMT

Can anyone second that this is the endpoint for the command?

/services/deployment/client/config/reload -X POST

Re: Deployment Server - reload configs without restarting splunk

mlconnor — Tue, 30 May 2017 17:47:37 GMT

If you are getting this error

An error occurred: Could not create Splunk settings directory at '/root/.splunk'

Then make sure you run the process as the user you typically run splunk from. splunk in my case.

sudo su splunk
[splunk@servername5001 /opt/splunk/etc](603)
$ /opt/splunk/bin/splunk reload deploy-server
Your session is invalid.  Please login.
Splunk username: admin
Password: 
Login successful, running command...
Reloading serverclass(es).
[splunk@servername /opt/splunk/etc](604)

Re: Deployment Server - reload configs without restarting splunk

matthewpearce — Wed, 14 Feb 2018 04:17:41 GMT

For larger deployments, I think it's better to use the -class switch
${SPLUNK_HOME}/bin/splunk reload deploy-server -class

Re: Deployment Server - reload configs without restarting splunk

dominiquevocat — Thu, 11 Oct 2018 15:14:14 GMT

You might want to look at https://splunkbase.splunk.com/app/2775/
it has a relod deploy server as well as restart forwarder feature.

Re: Deployment Server - reload configs without restarting splunk

iamarkaprabha — Thu, 11 Oct 2018 15:24:34 GMT

Yes , You can create a server class for restart . Add the restart app and clients for it.
It will work like smooth

Re: Deployment Server - reload configs without restarting splunk

rahulkumar02 — Fri, 12 Jun 2020 17:18:23 GMT

This helped me a lot. Thank You!

Re: Deployment Server - reload configs without restarting splunk

BG — Thu, 29 Jun 2023 16:13:57 GMT

I realise this post is 6 years old, but it still helped me.

Just to add something that might be useful:

When it asks for the Splunk username, this isn't a Linux user account, it's an application user account on the Deployment Server. It's confusing because many other Splunk commands can be run by Linux user accounts, but it seems not the 'deploy-server reload' command.

$ /opt/splunk/bin/splunk reload deploy-server
Your session is invalid.  Please login.
Splunk username: admin

Also, you can append '-class [serverclass name] onto the end of the command and only changes made to the corresponding deployment apps will get reloaded, so this is perhaps a safer option if you're nervous about reloading everything.

Re: Deployment Server - reload configs without restarting splunk

RaviNandasana0 — Wed, 11 Dec 2024 14:05:18 GMT

You can use below code to reload DS

from splunklib.binding import HTTPError import splunk.clilib.cli_common as scc def trigger_reload_deploy_server(self, sc=None): """Triggers the 'reload deploy-server' command via the Splunk REST API.""" try: # Trigger the 'reload deploy-server' command using the REST API log("INFO","Triggering 'reload deploy-server' command.",file_name="getdiaginfo") splunkd_uri = scc.getMgmtUri() session_key = self.service.token endpoint = splunkd_uri + "/services/deployment/server/config/_reload" headers = {"Authorization": f"Splunk {session_key}", "Content-Type": "application/json"} # Prepare the request body if not sc: body = '' else: body = urllib.parse.urlencode({"serverclass": sc}) update_response = requests.post(endpoint, headers=headers, data=body, verify=False) if update_response.status_code == 200: log("INFO", "--> 'reload deploy-server' command triggered successfully.", file_name="getdiaginfo") return True else: log("ERROR", f"Failed to trigger 'reload deploy-server'. Status: {update_response.status_code}, Response: {update_response.text}", file_name="getdiaginfo") return False except HTTPError as e: log("ERROR",f"Failed to trigger 'reload deploy-server': {e}",file_name="getdiaginfo") return False @Configuration() class Getdiaginfo(GeneratingCommand): server_list = Option(require=False) def generate(self): trigger_reload_deploy_server(self, <"serverclass-name">) dispatch(Getdiaginfo, sys.argv, sys.stdin, sys.stdout, __name__)

Re: Deployment Server - reload configs without restarting splunk

isoutamo — Wed, 11 Dec 2024 21:29:39 GMT

Another app in splunkbase for this https://splunkbase.splunk.com/app/7339