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[SHC] What config changes will cause a rolling restart of search heads?

jwoger_splunk
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

When pushing a bundle via deployer, what config changes will cause the deployer to issue a rolling restart of the search heads in a search head cluster?

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RicoSuave
Builder

From our docs http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.2.1/DistSearch/PropagateSHCconfigurationchanges#Deploy...
$SPLUNK_HOME/etc/system/default/app.conf. It lists the configuration files that do not trigger restart when changed. All other configuration changes trigger restart.

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RicoSuave
Builder

From our docs http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.2.1/DistSearch/PropagateSHCconfigurationchanges#Deploy...
$SPLUNK_HOME/etc/system/default/app.conf. It lists the configuration files that do not trigger restart when changed. All other configuration changes trigger restart.

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