How to edit the configuration for my Search Head to act as a Deployment Server?

[nce054]

I am trying to configure my Search Head to act as a Deployment Server for my Universal Forwarders. On the forwarders, I have put the following in $SPLUNK_HOME\etc\system\local\deploymentclient.conf :

 [deployment-client]
    clientName = Evan-Test
  [target-broker:deploymentServer]
    targetUri= host:port

Where host:port is my Search Head. What do I need to change on the Search Head for it to start acting as a Deployment Server? I go to Settings->Server Settings->Deployment Client, and I see no clients hooked up to my Search Head/Deployment Server.

[woodcock · Accepted solution]

The simplest way is to use the GUI and go to Settings -> Forwarder Management -> Server Classes -> Create One.

[nce054]

Thank you!

[woodcock]

The serverclass lets you specify whitelist and blacklist for incoming connections. Without one of these set, your Search Head is not a DS.