Kushagra Sharma's Blog Posts

Kushagra Sharma is a Product Manager at Cisco working on AIOps products that help teams operate complex systems with intelligence and scale. He focuses on translating customer problems into practical, data-driven solutions at the intersection of AI, reliability, and software platforms. Passionate about clear thinking and strong product craft, Kushagra writes to share insights on technology, product strategy, and building systems that actually work in the real world.

Configuring Nginx Load Balancer For The HTTP Event Collector
Tips & Tricks
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Configuring Nginx Load Balancer For The HTTP Event Collector

Send data to Splunk w/o a forwarder using HEC (HTTP Event Collector); Perfect for log data over HTTP or IoT. Install Nginx with HTTPS support, then configure.
A Performance Analysis of Python WSGI Servers: Part 2
Observability
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A Performance Analysis of Python WSGI Servers: Part 2

In part 2 of our Python WSGI Server Comparison series, we share our performance analysis benchmarks for the top 6 Python WSGI Servers, and reveal the highest performing Python WSGI Server.
An Introduction to Python WSGI Servers: Part 1
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An Introduction to Python WSGI Servers: Part 1

In part 1 of our Python WSGI Server series, learn what is WSGI and get information on WSGI server types, their framework, and compatibilities
High Performance syslogging for Splunk using syslog-ng – Part 1
Tips & Tricks
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High Performance syslogging for Splunk using syslog-ng – Part 1

Part 1: Implementing syslog with Splunk and three three scenarios you will be able to do so.
High Performance syslogging for Splunk using syslog-ng – Part 2
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High Performance syslogging for Splunk using syslog-ng – Part 2

Part 2: Managing multiple syslogs and what has worked in this Splunkers own experience.
Enriching threat feeds with WHOIS information
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Enriching threat feeds with WHOIS information

Splunk Security continues to grow thanks to insight Splunk Enterprise offers for all data. Finding what’s relevant and how to use the information.