Still using 3rd party web analytics providers? Build your own using Splunk!
Why Build Your Own (BYO) Client-Side Analytics? There are many 3rd party web analytics providers such as Google Analytics and Omniture SiteCatalyst. However, with the flexibility of Splunk as general...
View ArticleMeet Your Splunk App Dev Contest Winners: Splunk for Your Car
When we announced the inaugural Splunk App Dev Contest back in June, we were looking forward to seeing great work done by Splunk developers from all over the world. We received submissions from China,...
View ArticleHunk is a Big Data Platform for Building Applications on Hadoop
Hunk is not only a revolutionary new software product for exploring, analyzing and visualizing data in Hadoop, it’s also a powerful platform for rapidly building applications powered by data stored in...
View ArticleHunk: Raw data to analytics in < 60 minutes
Update: now with UI setup instructions Finally, I got a bit of down time to sit down and get to the third part of the “Hunk: Splunk Analytics for Hadoop Intro” series of blogs, a follow up to part 1...
View ArticleSplunk and Ford Test Drive Open Data Development in Connected Cars
Splunk Inc. and Ford Motor Company collaborated to analyze real-time automotive data to gain insight into driving patterns and vehicle performance. Using Ford OpenXC to gather data from connected...
View ArticleMy experience of building Splunk application
I joined Splunk a couple weeks ago and my first challenge was to learn everything I could about how to build Splunk applications. The best way of doing that is just to write your own application – and...
View ArticleComparing week-over-week results
Comparing week-over-week results is a pain in Splunk. You have to do absurd math with crazy date calculations for even the simplest comparison of a single week to another week. No more. I wrote a...
View ArticleHelp us grow the Splunk developer platform with your ideas and votes
Hello Splunk Developers! I recently joined Splunk working on our developer platform efforts driving our SDKs and Tools. We are excited to be taking forward our dev platform and continuing to bring you...
View ArticleSplunk Alerts and Charts on Your iPhone
Now Splunk is EVERYWHERE! Push alerts and charts to your cellphone from your Splunk servers, when you’re on the beach. Get your Splunk data conveniently on the go. Available now! EVERYWHERE is a...
View ArticleHow to debug Django applications with pdb, PyCharm, and Visual Studio
Using a debugger is a common way to find out what is wrong with your application, but debugging a Django application in Splunk might not be so obvious. But it is possible, and I’ll show you how using...
View ArticleSplunk Eclipse plug-in and Custom Search, new tools for the developer arsenal
Today we’re excited to announce two new additions for the Splunk Developer ecosystem: the Splunk Plug-in for Eclipse and rich Custom Search support in the Splunk SDK for Python. Splunk Plug-in for...
View ArticleCommand Modular Input Use Case Series
Modular Inputs and Scripted Inputs provide a great way to develop custom programs to collect and index virtually any kind of data that you can set your mind to. But on whatever platform you have...
View ArticleRedMonk Chats with Customers and Partners about Development and DevOps with...
RedMonk analyst Donnie Berkholz sat down with a few Splunk customers at various locations to discuss everything from DevOps and continuous deployment to building Splunk Apps with the Web Framework in...
View ArticleThe new developer tool chain for data, panel participation at DeveloperWeek
A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of partaking in a panel at DeveloperWeek entitled “Next Gen Data Dev: NoSQL, NewSQL, Graph Databases, Hadoop, Machine Learning….”. On the panel I was joined by...
View ArticleSplunk’s New Web Framework, Volkswagen’s Data Lab, and the Internet of Things.
There are many incredible features in Splunk 6. Pivot, Data Models and integrated maps really stole the show at .conf2013. But I really have to give credit to our developer team in Seattle for the...
View ArticleUsing Splunk as a data store for developers
A number of years ago, I wrote a blog entry called Everybody Splunk with the Splunk SDK, which succinctly encouraged developers to put data into Splunk for their applications and then search on the...
View ArticleSplunk as a Recipient on the JMS Grid
A number of years ago, I was fascinated by the idea of SETI@home. The idea was that home computers, while idling, would be sent calculations to perform in the search for extraterrestrial life. If you...
View ArticleBuilding custom search commands in Python part I – A simple Generating command
Custom search commands in our Python SDK allow you to extend Splunk’s search language and teach it new capabilities. In this and other upcoming posts we’re going to look at how to develop several...
View ArticleReflections on a Splunk developer’s journey : Part 1
It seems like only yesterday …that I was writing my first Splunk App. It was the openness and extensibility of the Splunk platform that attracted me to this pursuit in the first place, and when I...
View ArticleAnnouncing the Splunk Add-on for Check Point OPSEC LEA 2.1.0
Check Point administrators rejoice, Splunk Add-on for OPSEC LEA 2.1.0 has been released! The free update provides useful improvements to almost every aspect of the add-on. User Interface The old...
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