Splunk
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Log Management
Configuration
To configure Splunk log management, select "Settings → Log Management → Splunk".
By default, Splunk log management is not enabled. To enable, set the toggle to show Splunk link on Hosts, Container and Pods.
Enter the following parameters:
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| Splunk Instance | The URL or the IP address (including the port number) of the deployed instance where the logs are stored. |
| Index (optional) | Optionally, the name of the index you have configured in the Splunk platform. |
Accessing Splunk
or if there are multiple log managements enabled
To access Splunk, click Splunk which is located at the top left of each of these dashboards:
-
Kubernetes:
- Host
- Pod
- Docker container
- Host
- Docker container
Accessing Instana from Splunk
There are 2 option to enable accessing Instana related entities from your logs:
-
Adjust your current dashboards: add the
_rawfield to the panel's query and thedrilldownto the panel section<drilldown> <link target="_blank">https://<ENVIRONMENT_URL_HERE>/#/integration/landing;config=$row._raw$</link> </drilldown>or
- Create a new dashboard: Go to the Dashboards section in Splunk. Click Create New Dashboard, enter a name, and Save. Click Edit Dashboard, select Source, and paste the following content:
<form theme="light">
<label>Instana</label>
<fieldset submitButton="false" autoRun="true">
<input type="time" token="myTime" searchWhenChanged="true">
<label></label>
<default>
<earliest>[email protected]</earliest>
<latest>now</latest>
</default>
</input>
</fieldset>
<row>
<panel>
<title>Events</title>
<table>
<search>
<query>sourcetype = * | table host docker.container_id kubernetes.pod_name _raw
</query>
<earliest>$myTime.earliest$</earliest>
<latest>$myTime.latest$</latest>
</search>
<option name="count">15</option>
<option name="drilldown">row</option>
<option name="refresh.display">progressbar</option>
<option name="rowNumbers">false</option>
<option name="totalsRow">true</option>
<option name="wrap">false</option>
<fields>["host","docker.container_id","kubernetes.pod_name","_raw"]</fields>
<drilldown>
<link target="_blank">https://<ENVIRONMENT_URL_HERE>/#/integration/landing;config=$row._raw$</link>
</drilldown>
</table>
</panel>
</row>
</form>Alert Channel
Add-On & App
Leverage the Instana & Splunk integration to access Instana metrics and events directly within Splunk.
Configuration
Once you have the Add-On and App from Splunkbase installed, you're ready to setup the Instana integration.
To configure, head over to "Settings → Team Settings → Events & Alerts → Alert Channels → Add Alert Channel":
The following Splunk events are received as an HTTP POST to the configured URLs (HTTP or HTTPS).
On Open Issues/Incidents
{
"issue": {
"id": "53650436-8e35-49a3-a610-56b442ae7620",
"type": "issue",
"state": "OPEN",
"start": 1460537793322,
"severity": 5,
"text": "Garbage Collection Activity High (11%)",
"suggestion": "Tune your Garbage Collector, reduce allocation rate through code changes",
"link": "https://XXXXXXX/#/?snapshotId=rjhkZXdNzegliVVEswMScGNn0YY",
"zone": "prod",
"fqdn": "host1.demo.com",
"entity": "jvm",
"entityLabel": "Test jvm",
"tags": "production, documents, elasticsearch",
"container": "test-container"
}
}On Close Issues/Incidents
{
"issue": {
"id": "6596e1c9-d6e4-4a8e-85fd-432432eddac3",
"state": "CLOSED",
"end": 1460537777478
}
}On Offline/Online/Change events
{
"issue": {
"id": "53650436-8e35-49a3-a610-56b442ae7620",
"type": "presence",
"start": 1460537793322,
"text": "online",
"description": "Java virtual machine on Host host1.demo.com",
"link": "https://XXXXXXX/#/?snapshotId=rjhkZXdNzegliVVEswMScGNn0YY",
"zone": "prod",
"fqdn": "host1.demo.com",
"entity": "jvm",
"entityLabel": "Test jvm",
"tags": "production, documents, elasticsearch",
"container": "test-container"
}
}