Right, I meant specific to knowledge objects. The same documentation has this
The cluster does not replicate any configuration changes that you make manually, such as direct edits to configuration files.
For example, if a user creates a saved search in Splunk Web on a cluster member, the cluster replicates that saved search to all cluster members. However, if you, as the administrator, add a saved search by directly editing the savedsearches.conf file on one cluster member, the cluster does not replicate that saved search to the other cluster members. You must use the deployer to push that saved search to all cluster members.
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