SaaS Availability Monitoring Add-on for Splunk
Overview
Details
Note: You must install "SaaS Availability Monitoring App for Splunk" https://classic.splunkbase.splunk.com/app/7237/ on SH.
The Cloud Status Add-on for Splunk is designed to collect real-time status updates and health information from various cloud service providers and monitoring tools via RSS feeds. It enables users to monitor the operational status of cloud platforms, log monitoring & APM services, email & other apps, ITSM tools, and audio/video conferencing tools directly within their Splunk environment.
Supported RSS Feeds
Cloud Monitoring
- AWS
- GCP
- Azure
- IBM
- Oracle Cloud
- Digital Ocean
Log Monitoring & APM
- Splunk
- Elastic
- New Relic
- SignalFx
- Sentry
- SumoLogic
- sisdig
Email & Other Apps
- Office 365 (Microsoft)
- 0365 Admin Centre
- Power Platform Admin Centre
- Microsoft Azure
- Google Workspace
- Zoho
ITSM Tools
- PagerDuty
- Xmatters
Audio / Video Conferencing Tools
- Zoom
- Google Meet
- Webex
- Bluejeans
- Logmein
Installation
1. Download the latest release of the Cloud Status Add-on.
2. Install the add-on in your Splunk environment using the Splunk web interface or CLI.
3. Configure the add-on to specify the RSS feeds you want to monitor.
Deployment Guide
Prerequisite : - Create a index i.e cloudpulse
• Single Instance
(Pre-requisite) Cloud Status Addon for Splunk
• Distributed deployment
Heavy Forwarder – Cloud Status Addon for Splunk
Configuration
- Deploy Apps and Addons as per Deployment Guide above.
- Navigate to config>> activation key
- Data will get populate in cloudpulse index
Usage
Once configured, the Cloud Status Add-on will automatically fetch data from the specified RSS feeds and index it into Splunk. You can then search, analyze, and visualize this data using Splunk's powerful features.
Note: Before enabling input, ensure that you create the index. In this case, we are using the "cloudpulse" name index. If you have a distributed environment, install the add-on on the Heavy Forwarder and the Cloud Status App on the Search Head.