DB Connect Upgrade from 2.3.1 to 3.7.0

[jengle4336e]

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?

[richgalloway · Accepted solution]

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.

[jengle4336e]

worked great, thanks!