Which file or folder below is not a required part of a deployment app?

A deployment app must be recognizable to Splunk Enterprise when it is placed in $SPLUNKHOME/etc/deployment-apps. Splunk documentation states that the only mandatory elements are:

1. a default (or local) sub-directory that contains an app.conf file with an [install] stanza; and

2. (if the app will include knowledge objects or local/ content) a metadata folder containing a .meta file.

Configuration files such as props.conf are optional and are included only when the app needs to perform data parsing tasks. Therefore props.conf is not required for every deployment app.

A. app.conf – Explicitly required; identifies the directory to Splunk and enables the app.

B. local.meta – Required whenever the app ships knowledge objects or any files in local/.

C. metadata folder – Needed to hold .meta files that control permissions and export of objects.

1. Splunk Enterprise Admin Manual v9.0, “Manage deployment apps with deployment server – Prepare deployment apps”, para. 2-3 (PDF pp. 637-638).

2. Splunk Enterprise Developing Apps Manual v9.0, “app.conf spec”, section “Required settings”, para. 1 (PDF p. 47).

3. Splunk Enterprise Admin Manual v9.0, “Knowledge object permissions in apps”, para. 1-2 (PDF p. 545) – explains necessity of .meta in metadata/.