How to clean up a search head in a search head cluster?

[sarahnazzar]

Hi Guys,

It would be helpful if anyone shares knowledge/provide steps about cleaning up a search head in a search head cluster environment.
I want to know what is cleaned up and what's the process and all.

Thanks in Advance!!
Sarah

[sarahnazzar]

Actually my issue is when I push some changes to Search head cluster via deployer, those changes are not reflecting in some search heads and all the search heads are not in proper sync. So exploring about clean up.

Below is the error for reference,
Search head cluster member (https://xx.xx.xx.xx:xxxx) is having problems pushing configurations to the search head cluster captain (https://xx.xx.xx.xx:xxxx). Changes on this member are not replicating to other members.

[wmyersas]

If you have a good deployment strategy, the simplest thing to do is nuke-pave-reinstall the "misbehaving" cluster members

[burwell]

Hello. Can you say more about what you want to have cleaned up?

Are you talking about removing the knowledge objects? Scheduled searches? Users?

[sarahnazzar]

I want to know if we clean up what will be removed from the Search head.. either everything present in the Search head or particular thing as you have mentioned(knowledge objects, Scheduled searches, Users etc..)

Also, It would be helpful if I get some steps regarding this.

[sarahnazzar]

I'm getting below error, so was exploring about clean up and stuffs..

Search head cluster member (https://xx.xx.xxx.xx:xxxxx) is having problems pushing configurations to the search head cluster captain (https://xx.xx.xxx.xx:xxxxx). Changes on this member are not replicating to other members.

And If I push any changes via deployer, its not getting reflected on some of the search heads because of this.