Servername in local\server.conf

[reedmohn]

OK, so now I know how to deploy UF on a Citrix Golden Image:
http://answers.splunk.com/answers/69715/citrix-golden-image
http://answers.splunk.com/answers/86989/multiple-servers-booting-from-master-image

But I'm curious: The 4.3 documentation only says to replace the "GUID" and the "host" attributes:

Edit server.conf in /etc/system/local and remove the guid attribute.
Edit inputs.conf in /etc/system/local and remove any host attribute.

What about the "servername" attribute in local\server.conf?

[alacercogitatus]

On the Image, you will probably want to remove that attribute as well. You may be better off running this command ./splunk clone-prep-clear-config on the image. See here for more: http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/5.0.5/Deploy/Makeadfpartofasystemimage

[reedmohn]

I appreciate the feedback, but unless you can actually confirm, or give a reason for what to do, you haven't really answered anything, have you? 🙂

[alacercogitatus]

Tons of fun! Join us on IRC EfNet, channel #splunk for more fun! Also, please accept answer if this has answered your question satisfactorily.

[reedmohn]

Yeah, you know.. time flies when you're having fun.

And people must have an awful lot of fun in enterprise architectures, it seems!

[alacercogitatus]

I'd recommend upgrading as soon as possible. Support ends for 4.3 EOM.

[reedmohn]

Thanks,
I just found it a little strange that if it is important to change, it isn't in the docs. Hope they haven't forgotten it in the "clone-prep"-command 🙂

In any case, we're still using 4.3, so we'll go with the manual option, I guess.