I need to upgrade our DB connect version from 2.3.1 to 3.7.0. Then I need to install the MySQL Driver.
The zip files both contain the same top-level directory, C:\Program Files\Splunk\etc\apps\splunk_app_db_connect.
That seems to suggest that simply installing the 3.7.0 product might overwrite existing objects. (such as the local and metadata directories).
Is there a process for performing the upgrade to avoid overwriting existing objects?
Look closer and you should see the zip files contain splunk_app_db_connect\default, but not splunk_app_db_connect\local. Also, splunk_app_db_connect\metadata\default.meta should be there, but not splunk_app_db_connect\metadata\local.meta.
Splunk apps are not allowed to contain local directories or local.meta files precisely so local configurations are not overwritten during an upgrade.
Look closer and you should see the zip files contain splunk_app_db_connect\default, but not splunk_app_db_connect\local. Also, splunk_app_db_connect\metadata\default.meta should be there, but not splunk_app_db_connect\metadata\local.meta.
Splunk apps are not allowed to contain local directories or local.meta files precisely so local configurations are not overwritten during an upgrade.
worked great, thanks!