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Splunking Webhooks with the HTTP Event Collector
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Splunking Webhooks with the HTTP Event Collector

Learn how to send webhooks directly to Splunk using the HTTP Event Collector (HEC).
GM Blog Hackathon Updates
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GM Blog Hackathon Updates

Splunk takes pride in our culture and in our vision of bringing Data to Everything – we care about our customers, communities and doing business the right way.
Monitoring Amazon EC2 with Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring
Observability
7 Minute Read

Monitoring Amazon EC2 with Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring

Explore the top 12 challenges of monitoring Amazon EC2 when dealing with larger scale production deployments in part one of this two-part blog series.
Building Machine Learning Models with DensityFunction
Platform
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Building Machine Learning Models with DensityFunction

Learn how to leverage the DensityFunction algorithm in the Splunk Machine Learning Toolkit.
12 Top Things to Monitor in Amazon EC2
Observability
7 Minute Read

12 Top Things to Monitor in Amazon EC2

Despite Amazon EC2 resilience and elasticity, monitoring ongoing objectives requires close tracking of capacity, predictability, and interdependence. Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring offers a dashboard out of the box that shows you the most important EC2 metrics at a glance.
Getting Github Data with Webhooks
Tips & Tricks
3 Minute Read

Getting Github Data with Webhooks

Follow these step-by-step instructions to onboard Github data directly into Splunk Cloud.
Monitoring Docker Containers: What Does It Take to Get Started?
Observability
7 Minute Read

Monitoring Docker Containers: What Does It Take to Get Started?

Operationalizing Docker means more complexity, and greater need for monitoring and alerting on production environments. Learn docker container monitoring best practices.
Making the Collection of Centralised S3 Logs into Splunk easy with Lambda and SQS
Tips & Tricks
2 Minute Read

Making the Collection of Centralised S3 Logs into Splunk easy with Lambda and SQS

If you got multiple AWS data sources in the same S3 bucket but struggle with efficient SNS notifications based on prefix wildcards, this article has got you covered.
A Deep Dive Into Built-In Anomaly Detection: How the Algorithm Works
Observability
5 Minute Read

A Deep Dive Into Built-In Anomaly Detection: How the Algorithm Works

Discover how Built-in Alert Conditions and Alert Preview in Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring allow cloud operations to exploit the full power of our real-time analytics engine in a way that is both intuitive and flexible.