Splunk Fundamentals 1 Practice Exam

What is used to manage and distribute apps to the members of the search head cluster?

1. Indexer

2. Deployer

3. Forwarder

4. Cluster Master

The correct answer is: Deployer

The use of a Deployer is essential for managing and distributing apps within a search head cluster in Splunk. A Deployer serves as a central point from which apps and add-ons can be distributed to all search heads in the cluster. This ensures consistency and coherence of the applications across the environment. In the context of search head clusters, the Deployer acts proactively, pushing changes and updates to the search heads rather than having each search head manage its own apps independently. This centralized management simplifies the administration of the applications, enabling administrators to deploy new features, configuration changes, or updates to all search heads at once. The other options do not serve this specific purpose: the Indexer is responsible for processing and indexing incoming data, the Forwarder is used to forward data to the Splunk indexer, and the Cluster Master is primarily tasked with managing indexer clusters and their replication, rather than handling app distribution for search heads. Thus, the Deployer stands out as the correct choice for app management within a search head cluster.