Typo in Splunk for VMware Install Doc deployment.apps

[tzhmaba2]

Hi,

The Install Guide for VMware App 3.1.0 says:

http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/VMW/3.1/Install/Installonyoursearchheadorindexer

Note that on a dedicated indexer, for a valid install, the following files exist in $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/deployment-apps:

    /SA-Utils/… 
    /SA-Hydra/… 
    /Splunk_TA_vcenter/… 
    /Splunk_TA_vmware/… 
    /Splunk_TA_esxilogs/...

Do you really mean etc/deployment-apps/?? Are these apps being somehow deployed? Where to? Otherwise what's the point of having them in etc/deployment-apps/?

Just to make sure: The above mentioned apps are to be moved away from etc/apps/ into /etc/deployment-apps/ on a dedicated indexer, right? Not additionally copied?

Regards,
Bartosz

[rgantly_splunk · Accepted solution]

In single-machine Splunk deployments, where the indexing and search capability resides on the one host, on the host that is your indexer and search head, install the splunk_app_vmware--.zip. It contains all of the components you need. When you unzip the file in $SPLUNK_HOME, it automatically puts the files in the correct location $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/apps.

In a distributed search environment, where indexing and search functions are split, you ONLY need the SA's and TA's installed on the indexer. The /etc/deployment-apps folder is provided to give you the files you need.
The process is as follows:
1. Install the splunk_app_vmware--.zip on the search head.
2. On each search peer (indexer) install all of the SA's and TA's.

The component matrix shows where the bits go. See: http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/VMW/latest/Install/Componentreferencetable#Component_Distributi...

I hope this helps.

[tzhmaba2]

All right. Thanks for the explanation. The sentence about the components being in etc/deployment-apps could be a little bit more descriptive.

However it's clear now.

Regards, Bartosz

[kheli]

it means on dedicated indexers, those apps must be installed. If you have deployment server, please ensure those apps are copied to the deployment-apps folder of the deployment server.