Are there any ideal exceptions where DS has to be on windows when most of the servers are windows?

[jonwick]

We are planning to have DS linux based which would be used to deploy majorly on Windows servers and few Linux based servers.

Are there any exceptions where DS has to be kn Windows to push apps?

Will my Linux based  DS suffice for all(windows+linux) UFs???

We would be using DS to deploy only on UFs, no indexers, search heads in the context.

[gcusello · Accepted solution]

Hi @jonwick,

there isn't any requirement to have a DS with the same operative system of the most clients to deploy.

I always use Linux DS in my projets.

Because you deploy Splunk apps and TAs that are indipendent by the os you're using on the Forwarders.

About using DS also for Indexers and Search Head, you could but in my opinion isn't a good idea:

at first if you have a cluster (SHs or IXs) you cannot use DS, you have to use Deployer (for SHs) and Master Node (for IXs); 

then if you haven't a cluster, it means that you haven't many servers, so I prefer to manually update them, also because, using DS, you have to restart Splunk after updates and you cannot schedule restarts using DS (manually you can!) and this could be unacceptable for a production environment.

Ciao.

Giuseppe

[isoutamo]

Actually there is one restriction for DS. You cannot use windows based DS for any other OS clients than windows. If you have other than windows clients then you must use Linux based DS which works with other OS too.
r. Ismo