Splunk Apps

h1. Continuous Delivery and Testing

You can use a continuous integration tool to automate testing and deploying your Splunk apps. This will allow you to:

# Test your app on several platforms and versions of Splunk automatically (or with a click of a button)

# Easily build clean and consistent copies of your app (avoids the possible corrupt builds made on Developer hosts)

# Deploy the app to your test and production hosts with a single click

Some notes:

To use a created package (spl or tar.gz), make sure to:

* Make a fetch artifact step

* Set the fetch as a file, not a directory (https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/go-cd/gocd$20fetch$20zip$20artifact$20%7Csort:relevance/go-cd/Ja5lBT6bpRA/A0ojaSRqBwAJ)

Need to create a minimal account for installing apps with the following capabilities per (https://answers.splunk.com/answers/67843/capability-to-install-app.html):

* rest_apps_management

* admin_all_objects

You might need to add the user "go" to the "splunk" group.

Should this be done using:

# The build script?

## Pros: Could hide password using secure variable; can be done in a single line; password can be globally in environment variables

## Cons: requires the build script as a material; requires ant on all agents

# Direct commands?

# Straight copying?

Using the build script:

Pros:

# Could hide password using secure variable

# Can be done in a single line

# Password can be globally in environment variables

# Could bump Splunk too

Cons:

# Requires downloading the build script as a material

# Requires ant on the agents