Splunk Enterprise Certified Admin Practice Test

Where is deploymentclient.conf stored?

1. Splunk.Home/etc/apps

2. Splunk.Home/etc/system/local

3. Splunk.Home/etc/system/default

4. Splunk.Home/etc/deployment-apps

The correct answer is: Splunk.Home/etc/system/local

The deploymentclient.conf file is typically stored in the Splunk installation directory under the etc/system/local path. This is where configurations specific to the instance, such as client settings for receiving updates from a deployment server, are placed. The reason this location is significant is that the local directory is intended for environment-specific configurations that override default settings stored in the default directory. This ensures that when a Splunk instance starts, it reads configurations from the local directory to apply any customizations or required parameters defined by the administrator. The other options do not serve this specific purpose: the apps directory is where applications are stored, the default directory contains default configuration files that can be overridden but should not be modified directly, and the deployment-apps directory is meant for storing applications that are distributed to other Splunk instances rather than configurations for the deployment client itself.