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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Your search head cluster needs a Splunk Enterprise instance outside the cluster to hold apps intended for it. What does the deployer do?
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 C
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
Your five clustered search heads have to be pointed at the machines holding the indexed data. What are the search peers of a search head cluster?
Sample question 3 of 3
You put third-party load balancing hardware between your users and three clustered search heads. What does that add for the users?
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