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Luke Murphey, 03/04/2017 07:55 PM

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h1. Continuous Delivery and Testing
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You can use a continuous integration tool to automate testing and deploying your Splunk apps. This will allow you to:
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# Test your app on several platforms and versions of Splunk automatically (or with a click of a button)
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# Easily build clean and consistent copies of your app (avoids the possible corrupt builds made on Developer hosts)
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# Deploy the app to your test and production hosts with a single click
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Some notes:
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To use a created package (spl or tar.gz), make sure to:
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* Make a fetch artifact step
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* 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)
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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):
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* rest_apps_management
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* admin_all_objects
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* restart_splunkd (to restart Splunk)
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You might need to add the user "go" to the "splunk" group:
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<pre>
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sudo usermod -G splunk go
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</pre>
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Should this be done using:
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# The build script?
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## Pros: Could hide password using secure variable; can be done in a single line; password can be globally in environment variables
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## Cons: requires the build script as a material; requires ant on all agents
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# Direct commands?
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# Straight copying?
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Using the build script:
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Pros:
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# Could hide password using secure variable
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# Can be done in a single line
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# Password can be globally in environment variables
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# Could bump Splunk too
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Cons:
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# Requires downloading the build script as a material
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# Requires ant on the agents