Deployment fail

[rroberts]

Receiving this error in splunkd.log. I can see the bundle file deployed. However I receive this error in splunkd.log.

scName=FWDR1, appName=inputsapp, fqname=/home/rickrob/splunkforwarder/etc/apps/inputsapp, event=install, status=failed, reason=Failed to install app : /home/rickrob/splunkforwarder/etc/apps/inputsapp. Cannot update application info: /nobody/inputsapp/app/install/state = enabled: Metadata could not be written: /nobody/inputsapp/app/install/state: { }, removable: yes

Changes in the file to be deployed in $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/deployment-apps/local/inputs.conf are not being picked up .
Ive checked permissions .... any help appreciated.

[rroberts · Accepted solution]

Found it. Must have metadata folder in repository with default.meta and local.meta files.

scName=FWDR1, appName=testme, fqname=, event=download, status=ok, reason=

scName=FWDR1, appName=inputfwd, fqname=/home/rickrob/splunkforwarder/etc/apps/inputfwd, event=uninstall, status=ok, reason=

[rroberts]

I manually created the app folders instead of building from an app template. The template created the local.meta file for me. I left out the meta file when I created manaully.

[MHibbin]

Is there any reason for this?

I had a very similar problem which was fixed in with the same method. But others I have spoken to have not had this problem.