Can 3rd Party Controls be added to enhance dashboards?

[Skye]

Hello,

I am new to Splunk, and web/programming in general.

My question is can 3rd party web/Java/html based controls from DevEx, Grape City,or Telerik be added to enhance the the dashboards and or add additional options.

Thank you for your help.

[gcusello]

Hi @Skye,

yes but you have to manually integrate them:

• scheduled a script that tuns one by one these tools,
• write answers in a file,
• read this file using Splunk,
• parse and write in an index them,
• use the parsed logs in your dashbords.

Ciao.

Giuseppe

[Skye]

Are there any examples we could use to get started?

[gcusello]

Hi @Skye,

it's difficoult, because I didn't integrate these data sources and there isn't any existing Add-On.

You have to follow the above steps:

• schedule a script that runs one by one these tools:
  • using the APIs of each Data Source, you should be able to extract a report with all the contents you need,
  • I cannot help you, because I don't know these tools and I don't know which language you prefer (Python, Shell, etc...),
• write answers in a file:
  • when you run a script from Splunk the output of the script is forwarded to Splunk for indexing,
  • for more infos see Splunk Modular inputs (https://dev.splunk.com/enterprise/docs/developapps/manageknowledge/custominputs/modinputsoverview)
  • in this case you don't need the following step, otherwise you can write results in a file to read.
• read this file using Splunk:
  • if you don't use a Modular Input, you have to read the file using a normal file input,
• parse and write in an index them,
  • you have to parse the output of the script to have all the infos you need,
  • for more infos see at https://docs.splunk.com/Splexicon:Parsing
• use the parsed logs in your dashbords.

A I said, I cannot help you more because I don't know these tools.

Ciao.

Giuseppe