I just created a test app for my environment to be pushed to a single workstation. It does not successfully deploy from this server shown in the forwarder management GUI. The error message in the splunkd.log is
01-14-2014 08:13:51.367 -0500 WARN ClientSessionsManager - ip=10.237.1.63 name=ANT-andDESK Updating record for sc=Global Win x64 Client app=fwd_to_splunkprod: action=Install result=Fail
and
01-14-2014 08:13:51.367 -0500 WARN ClientSessionsManager - ip=10.237.1.63 name=ANT-DESK Updating record for sc=Global Win x64 Client app=fwd_to_splunkprod: action=Download result=Fail
Not sure what to look at next to troubleshoot this issue. The forwarder creates the folder, but does not transfer the app.
This should help with verifying your configuration, and troubleshooting.
This should help with verifying your configuration, and troubleshooting.
Using the Forward Management GUI I entered a server class of Global Win x86 Client. The debug said Global didn't exist. Used _ instead of spaces and the problem cleared up right away.
You might want to turn up debugging on the client and server in $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/log.cfg. I would set the following components to debug on the server:
category.DeployedApplication=DEBUG
category.DeployedServerclass=DEBUG
category.DC:UpdateServerclassHandler=DEBUG
category.DeploymentServer=DEBUG
On the client, in the same file, I would set:
category.DC:DeploymentClient=DEBUG
Restart, then hopefully you'll find some meaningful messages in the server and/or client in splunkd.log
The splunkd process is running as root on the deployment server.
Have you made sure Splunk DeploymentServer has permissions to the files it's trying to transfer?