Why am I getting "No spec file" errors trying to deploy Splunk App for VMware via cluster-bundle?

[mikelanghorst]

In deploying the VMWare app to clustered indexers, I'm currently getting the following errors, when attempting to "splunk apply cluster-bundle". This is preventing the apply, and halting our progress:

In handler 'clustermastercontrol': No spec file for: /app/splunk/splunk_cm8189/etc/mas ter-apps/SA-Hydra/local/hydra_gateway.conf
;No spec file for: /app/splunk/splunk_cm8189/etc/master-apps/SA-Hydra/local/hydra_node .conf
; Possible typo in stanza [keyindicator] in /app/splunk/splunk_cm8189/et c/master-apps/SA-Utils/local/alert_actions.conf, line 4: title

Anyone see this, or have a resolution? Opening a case, but pasting this here so I can come back later with the resolution.

[mikelanghorst · Accepted solution]

After talking with Masa from support, he pointed out the "/local" in my path above, and that it shouldn't be included when deploying from the cluster-master. A co-worker had previously extracted the files into this location and I didn't realize it.

For the lack of a spec file, the option "--skip-validation" is available to allow it to continue to apply the bundle. However this makes me a bit nervous.

I ended up deploying this manually into the regular etc/apps directory for now.