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I need to install an updated app on the deployment server, please provide me the steps/commands to install the add-on ( updated app) on the deployment server and then push to other Splunk instances. I am getting the following error when I try to install the updated app on search head directly,
There was an error processing the upload.app=Splunk_TA_juniper is already managed via deployment client; it may not be overridden via search head cluster deployer, UI, CLI, or REST API; remove existing app=Splunk_TA_juniper via deployment server if you wish to install it via any of these other mechanisms
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Install the app on the Deployment Server
through the GUI and configure it as necessary. Then go to the CLI of the DS and move the app from the .../apps/
directory to the .../deployment-apps/
directory, taking care to merge anything in the current app's .../local/
directory with the new app first. Then restart Splunk on the DS.
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Install the app on the Deployment Server
through the GUI and configure it as necessary. Then go to the CLI of the DS and move the app from the .../apps/
directory to the .../deployment-apps/
directory, taking care to merge anything in the current app's .../local/
directory with the new app first. Then restart Splunk on the DS.
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@kiranhar I see in your comment that this worked so do come back and click Accept
to close the question.
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Done. Thanks
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Hello @kiranhar
See this link below:
https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/7.3.1/DistSearch/PropagateSHCconfigurationchanges
You're not supposed to deploy apps directly on a Search Head Cluster using the Deployment Server.
Let me know if this is not the case.
Thanks!
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Thanks. The search head is not in a cluster. However, I have followed the process suggested by woodcock and my installation goes smooth. I have verified on Splunk relevant instances after that and Splunk add-on is updated everywhere.
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Hello @kiranhar
are you trying to deploy an add-on using Deployment Server on a Search Head Cluster?
