Robert Castley

Robert Castley is an Observability Strategist with over 15yrs DEM and Infrastructure monitoring experience. Robert is an outside of the box thinker and is always looking for new ways and ideas to streamline getting things done.

Tips & Tricks 2 Min Read

T-Shirt Analytics at RSAC 2025: How We Used iOS Shortcuts & Splunk to Track T-Shirt Giveaways!

Learn how to make data collection fun. Splunkers Robert Castley and Kyle Prins are sharing how they used iOS Shortcuts at RSAC to track every t-shirt they handed out, then piping that data straight into Splunk Cloud for real-time analytics.

Tips & Tricks 3 Min Read

Monitoring Pi-hole using Pi-hole Exporter and OpenTelemetry: A Comprehensive Guide

By following this comprehensive guide, you can set up the OpenTelemetry collector to collect metrics from your Pi-hole installation easily. Sending the metrics to Splunk Observability Cloud enables you to visualize and analyze these metrics effectively, ensuring your Pi-hole operates optimally and enhances your online experience by blocking unwanted ads and trackers.