An app is a set of configuration files in this case.
On my deployment server, I created ${SPLUNK_HOME}/etc/deployment-apps/01_ISU_A_Indexers (I use numbers for ASCII ordering of apps, ISU for locally created apps, and I have two sets of indexers, so two apps, one for each set).
In ${SPLUNK_HOME}/etc/deployment-apps/01_ISU_A_Indexers/local I put outputs.conf. A reload of deployment sever is probably necessary, so "splunk reload deploy-server". Then the app is available to be pushed out via server classes.
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