Reflections on a Splunk developer’s journey : Part 2
Why should you develop ? In “Reflections on a Splunk developer’s journey : Part 1″ I shared some of my experiences of developing and supporting Splunk Community Apps and Add-ons over the years. But WHY...
View ArticleSplunk’s SDK for C# vNext: modern, scalable and portable
Since we released our first version of the Splunk SDK for C# for .NET 3.5, we’ve seen healthy adoption and it’s become one of our most highly used SDKs. Since that time, the .NET Framework has...
View ArticleCall for Splunk C# SDK Advisory Board members
Summary We are starting to set up advisory boards for our developer assets in order to engage more regularly with our developer communities. The first up is the C# SDK Advisory Board, since this is the...
View ArticleDeploy your own Splunk cluster on AWS in minutes!
Given Splunk Enterprise is a flexible operational intelligence platform, our users adopt it in various forms: from using it as a cloud service with Splunk Cloud, to deploying it on-premise in their own...
View ArticleSplunking the World Cup 2014: Real Time Match Analysis
As an Englishman I’ve been waiting months – with very high expectations – for the World Cup to come around. Reading fellow Splunker, Matt Davies’ blog post titled, “Splunking World Cup 2014. The...
View ArticleQuantified Splunk: Tracking My Vital Signs
Last year Splunker, Ed Hunsinger, wrote a great post titled, “Go Splunk Yourself“, in which he shows how he’s using Splunk to track data from devices including a Fitbit, a Nike Fuelband, a Basis Band,...
View ArticleSplunk Alerts: Using Gmail, Twitter, iOS, and Much More
With no programming required! One of the great features about Splunk is its built in alerting functionality. You can configure Splunk alerts to do just about anything, from sending an SMS to...
View ArticleSplunking Social Media: Tracking Tweets
So you use Twitter and have heard Splunk can do “Big Data”. By tapping into Twitter’s API you can use Splunk to investigate the stream of tweets being generated across the globe. The great thing about...
View ArticleWhat are Splunk Apps and Add-Ons ?
If you have ever uploaded a contribution to Splunk Apps you’ll see the following option : But what does this really mean ? What is the difference between an App and an Add-on ? Both are packaged and...
View ArticleTracking calls and SMS with Splunk
Telecommunication systems are vital to all of us around the world, though rarely do we look deeply into the vast amounts of valuable data being generated. Comparing call length against sales success....
View ArticleSplunk Command> Cluster
Being a Splunk sales engineer is incredible. I get to talk to customers about their use cases, ‘Splunk’ their data, and together discover the insight Splunk provides them. Initial demos typically...
View Articleroutr : App that Shares Splunk Alerts on Social Media
What is routr ? routr is a simple if-this-then-that workflow app to share Splunk alerts and alerts on your Twitter or Tumblr. It is easy to install, configure and run. This app is bundled together with...
View ArticleAnnouncing the Splunk developer tools for .NET Beta, a new day is dawning!
https://www.flickr.com/photos/gnuckx/4772940241 Several months back we posted that we were working on the next generation of the Splunk SDK for C#. Today, I am excited to...
View ArticleDo you want a Splunk app built for your data?
Do you have sample data that you understand, and would like someone else to build an app for you? On answers.splunk.com, we have an underused tag, which are the right place to discuss what apps you...
View ArticleDeploy your own Splunk cluster on AWS in minutes!
Given Splunk Enterprise is a flexible operational intelligence platform, our users adopt it in various forms: from using it as a cloud service with Splunk Cloud, to deploying it on-premise in their own...
View ArticleAPP WALKTHROUGH: Writing a custom search command
One of the best ways to learn is by example. If you want to build your own Splunk app, one of the best things you can do is dissect other apps. In the below youtube video, I slowly go through a simple...
View ArticleAPP WALKTHROUGH: Workflow Actions
One of the best ways to learn is by example. If you want to build your own Splunk app, one of the best things you can do is dissect other apps. In the below youtube video, I slowly go through a simple...
View ArticleExporting search results with Javascript / node.js
Recently I had a request internally for how to access the Export endpoint from Splunk from a node.js application. The Export endpoint is useful for exporting large amounts of data efficiently out of...
View ArticleNew Splunk Tools for .NET Developers
Today we’re releasing a new suite of tools for .NET developers so you can supercharge your .NET development with Splunkl!! CC image Supercharger by Eaday on Flickr This release is a continuation of our...
View ArticleSplunking Heroku
I’m somewhat of a Heroku fan boy. I’ve been using it for some time because it is just so simple to deploy applications. However, I’ve never really looked too deeply into the logs produced by my apps...
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