What is one of the responsibilities of the SHC Captain?

The responsibility of the SHC Captain, or Search Head Cluster Captain, primarily involves managing the distribution of knowledge bundles across the search head cluster. Knowledge bundles include configuration files, saved searches, and other essential components that ensure all search heads within the cluster operate effectively and consistently. When a new or updated bundle is created on one of the search heads, the SHC Captain is responsible for pushing this knowledge bundle to all other search heads, ensuring that they are synchronized and functioning under the same configurations and settings. This maintains uniformity in search results and application behavior, which is critical in a clustered environment.

The other responsibilities mentioned in the choices do not align with the primary role of the SHC Captain. For instance, indexing data pertains to data ingestion processes typically handled by indexers, while assigning user roles relates to user management tasks that can be performed at the deployment level, not specifically the SHC Captain's duties. Similarly, monitoring system health is often part of an administrator's role, focusing on the performance of the Splunk environment as a whole rather than the specific responsibilities of the SHC Captain.