Splunk Enterprise Certified Admin Practice Test

Which Splunk feature allows for the centralized management of configuration files across multiple servers?

1. Deployment server

2. Configuration bundle

3. Search head cluster

4. Index clustering

The correct answer is: Deployment server

The deployment server is the feature in Splunk that facilitates the centralized management of configuration files across multiple servers. It allows administrators to manage the deployment of configurations, apps, and updates from a single location, ensuring consistency across various instances. By using the deployment server, you can create a more efficient, streamlined process for distributing configuration changes to client instances, such as forwarders, particularly in larger environments where managing individual configurations would be cumbersome. This centralized management minimizes the risk of errors and discrepancies between servers and helps maintain uniformity, making the overall administration of the Splunk environment more effective. The deployment server functions hierarchically, coordinating which apps and configurations are sent to which forwarders based on predefined rules. Other options serve different purposes within the Splunk ecosystem. For instance, a configuration bundle is the collection of configuration files that are distributed by the deployment server but does not manage them itself. A search head cluster allows for horizontal scaling of search capabilities across multiple search heads but does not involve configuration management in the same manner. Index clustering is concerned with data indexing and improved data availability and redundancy rather than the management of configuration files.