How can I use Splunk to monitor the usage and performance

[samanthasen]

I am using a web tool, scconverter.net , to download and save SoundCloud tracks for offline listening. I want to ensure that the tool operates efficiently and without errors. How can I set up Splunk to track the usage, performance metrics, and any potential issues with this web tool? Specifically, I am interested in:

1. Monitoring the number of downloads per day.
2. Tracking error rates and response times.
3. Setting up alerts for any performance degradation.

What data should I collect, and how can I visualize it in Splunk? Any advice on configuring the necessary inputs and dashboards would be appreciated.

[deepakc · Accepted solution]

In order for Splunk to present the metrics and data you want; you need to look at how the web tool can output to any logs or does it use API. then you need to look at that data, logs or API data and see if it contains the metrics or data you want. You then need a plan of how to ingest that data into Splunk.

Splunk has many methods of collecting data, via Splunk HTTP- HEC / API JSON/XML, Agents (Universal forwarder) so it can collect those logs you’re interested in and  ingest into a Splunk index for you to search and generate insights and then create the dashboards, alerts, based on your metrics etc.

There is a good talk soon - might be worth joining this for you to get some concept knowledge on getting data in

https://community.splunk.com/t5/Community-Office-Hours/Getting-Data-In-Splunk-Platform-Wed-9-11-24/e...