Thank you gjanders.
I was able to add new input using GUI which worked as expected.
Your suggestion about taking human readable backup is also on point.
PS:
While adding new input via GUI, it does not allow to use useLocalAuth=true as it gives me an error. I was using local splunk install to test the app.
Also, I added following to python scripts to make it work: (as suggested by open issue in github)
os.unsetenv('LD_LIBRARY_PATH')
My host OS is : Ubuntu 16.04 64-bit
Thank you for your help.
... View more