Objective 19.1
Enterprise Certified ArchitectSearch head cluster deployer
Objective 19.1 sits in Search Head Cluster Management and Administration, which carries 5% of the Enterprise Certified Architect exam. The questions below are original, written from the official objective title above, and each explanation cites the Splunk page it rests on.
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A worked example
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An analyst asks what the deployer does. How does Splunk describe it?
Correct.
Checked against help.splunk.com, August 2026Concept
Apps arrive by a deliberate push rather than by replication, which keeps a bad package from spreading instantly. The deployer is the instance that performs that push.
Why A
Splunk states that the deployer is a Splunk Enterprise instance that distributes apps and other configurations to the cluster members.
Source
Splunk Docs: Search head clustering architecture, checked August 2026The deployer . This is a Splunk Enterprise instance that distributes apps and other configurations to the cluster members.
Now you: objective 19.1 questions
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Sample question 1 of 3
A team lead asks where the deployer can run. What does Splunk say?
Sample question 2 of 3
An engineer asks what search peers are for a search head cluster. What does Splunk say?
Sample question 3 of 3
An administrator asks what a load balancer adds to a search head cluster. What does Splunk say?
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