What scripting languages are supported in Splunk Cloud to run for custom alerts?

[KalpeshKhetani]

What scripting languages are supported in Splunk Cloud? We need to create a script to launch as a custom alert mechanism, but are not sure what is supported. Documentation points to Python or Powershell, but are there other supported mechanisms?

[jplumsdaine22]

Not sure what languages Splunk Cloud supports . But it looks like you have to open a ticket to get your script uploaded anyway, so probably best to ask the Splunk support . See: http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/SplunkCloud/latest/User/Admintasks

[jkat54]

You cant upload any code directly to Splunk Cloud. You cant ssh into your solution either. The only way to add code is to package a custom app and then install it from app manager. So maybe you can create an alert action script in your own app, then upload to storm. I'm not certain this will work, because what if I uploaded a script that blew up the storm? Then you're gonna scream 100% up-time my butt, gimme a refund. So they've disabled many features in storm.

As for what language may be your best bet... I say python. I say this because python is what splunk uses and if you learn python you'll be able to read splunk code and debug splunk and splunk apps much easier.

[KalpeshKhetani]

Hi thanks for your reply.

To clarify - I'm looking to create a custom alert based on a search threshold. This isn't to send data into Splunk. The script is to invoke an API call to an external 3rd party system.

In SplunkCloud, when saving a search as an alert, you are able to add a "Trigger Alert" to "Run a Script". The script must be located in $SPLUNK_HOME/bin/scripts

I was enquiring what language these scripts can be written in?