Badges in the Splunk Community are more than just icons—they’re a mark of your knowledge, helpfulness, and commitment to collaborative learning. Whether you’re answering questions, sharing insights, or supporting your peers, every contribution brings you closer to recognition. Why Participate? Showcase Expertise: Display your achievements on your profile for the entire community to see. Inspire Others: Every badge you earn encourages others to share, ask, and participate. Unlock Milestones: Reach higher levels of engagement and unlock exclusive recognition. Explore the Badges Below is a breakdown of the badges you can earn based on your activity within the community. Engagement Badges Welcome Badge Celebrate your first step into the community. Login Badge Log in regularly to stay connected. Topic Starter Badge Start engaging discussions and share insights. Contribution Badges First Reply Badge Respond to discussions and help your peers. Replies Authored Badge Contribute consistently with helpful responses. Solution Author Badge Be recognized for solving community challenges. Karma Received Badge Build reputation through peer acknowledgments. Karma Giver Badge Recognize others for their contributions.   Special Recognition Badges .conf25 Speaker Share your expertise at .conf. .conf25 Contributor Provide valuable blog content and insights. SplunkTrust Badge Official ambassadors of the Splunk community. Problem Solver Contribute to the Community Content Calendar. Knowledge Keeper Subject Matter Experts for community content. UserGroup Leader Lead and inspire local Splunk community groups. Splunk MVP Consistent, passionate participation in the community.     Join the Splunk Community and start earning your stripes today! ... View more

We're so glad you're here! The Spunk Community is place to connect, learn, give back, and have fun! It features Splunk enthusiasts from all kinds of backgrounds, working at just about every kind of organization, and working in a variety of roles and functions. If you're landed here, you belong here. And we welcome you! This space is home to several community programs and supported by both a team at Splunk and growing group of our community members, including the SplunkTrust. Please connect with any and all of us, and we've made it pretty easy to tell who's who by their Ranks and profiles.  Meet the Splunk Community Team! Meet the folks who make up our Community Team! If you ever have any questions, concerns, or just want someone to digitally high-five, we're here for you! Brian W Kara D Jenny B Ryan P  Looking for a spot to introduce yourself?  Drop us a comment below and let us know where you're joining us from!  To get started... Have a look around! You can navigate through our community and programs by using the main navigation, and you can learn a little more about specific programs and areas in this post. Review our Community Guidelines! These spell out some of our expectations and requirements of all community members. So be sure to take a few minutes to review them, and be sure to abide by them.  Ask questions! Splunk Answers is the place to ask questions, get answers, and find technical solutions, for any product in the Splunk portfolio. Join us on Slack! There, you'll have even more opportunities to ask questions, get answers, and connect with your fellow Splunk practitioners. Again, we're so glad you're here!  -- Splunk Community Team  ... View more

First of all, welcome to the Splunk Community! Our community is organized into a few programs and sections, many of which are part of this site's experience, and a few that will direct you to our other sites and resources.  Splunk Answers This is our product questions-and-answer program - a place to ask questions, get answers, and find technical solutions, for any product in the Splunk portfolio, from passionate members of our community. Splunk Answers is organized into a series of categories and boards, and topics are further organized with Labels and Tags (see below). Here you can start a discussion, join a conversation, build your career, or just have fun! There are areas and boards for things like Security, IT Operations, DevOps, our Splunk Tech Talks, and even a casual #Random board. Community Slack Lastly, join us over on our splunk-usergroups Community Slack workspace! There, you'll have even more opportunities to ask questions, get answers, and connect with your fellow Splunk practitioners. User Groups We have a robust Splunk User Group program, with more than 130 user groups worldwide! This link will take you to our User Group site, where you can find and join your local group and see which in-person and virtual events are coming up. SplunkTrust We recognize our most engaged, most passionate, and most contributing community members with a special MVP program we call the SplunkTrust. Here, you'll find a little more information about the program and its members.  ... View more

Welcome to the Splunk Community! We’re so glad you’re here! The Splunk Community programs are intended to provide connections that promote the community and its content, leading to better experiences with Splunk products. While you are here, we expect that you observe the community guidelines below as well as our Terms of Use. For the most up-to-date information regarding the community, please visit community.splunk.com.  Guidelines for Community members Be nice Splunk values open dialogue, communication, and respectful humor. We expect Community members to be kind to one another and foster an atmosphere of belonging. Keep in mind that our members are at varying levels of familiarity with Splunk products. Our Community is comprised of new users and experts alike, so please be considerate and patient. Keep it clean Keep it SFW; offensive, explicit, illegal, or disrespectful content is forbidden. Splunk does not pre-approve any content but reserves the right to edit or remove posts that don't foster a welcoming environment. When posting, please refrain from tagging multiple members. Trolling and spam posting is forbidden. If you come across a user that does not follow these guidelines, please report them to a Community Team member and refrain from publicly responding to the user. Respect others’ (and your own) privacy Do not share sensitive information. Avoid discussions or sharing of information that could violate intellectual property, privacy, competition, and antitrust laws. Stay on topic When posting on Splunk Answers or Slack: Refrain from posting duplicate messages. Respect people's time by asking specific questions. Provide context about any troubleshooting you’ve conducted so far. If a secondary or new question arises, begin a new conversation thread.  No advertising or solicitation.  We’re all human We value each community member’s unique point of view. Post your own content proudly and don’t try to pass off others’ work as your own. In the event that you need to quote or build on others’ work, provide proper attribution. Content gleaned from AI generators (e.g. ChatGPT) must be identified as such. Community content is predominantly user-generated. Splunk is not responsible for the accuracy or integrity of the information posted by the members of the community. Violations of Community Guidelines Sometimes missteps happen. We get it. But we take our guidelines very seriously, and we expect every community member to take them seriously, too. To that end, we've established the following guidelines for how community moderators will handle violations of our established guidelines.  First Violation - Warning - Moderators will explain which guideline(s) were violated, and how to avoid future violations. Second Violation - Temporary Loss of Privileges - Moderators will again explain which guideline(s) were violated, which privileges will be suspended and for how long, and how to avoid future violations.  Third Violation - Banning from Splunk Community - Moderators will again explain which guideline(s) were violated, they will review the history of violations, and they will inform the user of their banning from the site and remove all access privileges.  More Questions? Check out our FAQ, or reach out to us anytime! ... View more

What happens when discussions go off-topic, and how do I avoid doing it?  Taking discussions off-topic from the original question can create confusion and generally make conversations less consumable by others in the Community. Your engagement in the community is primary! We encourage you to post your questions, discussions, and replies. Your inquiry and conversation are among the primary way our community grows and thrives. Making sure that conversations remain on-topic is also very important. This standard helps the next person who reads the post follow the conversation—hopefully toward a solution. When discussions go off-topic Sometimes, someone will ask a new question as a reply to their own post, effectively organizing the discussion by their own thought process rather than by subject matter. Or they may engage in another person's discussion thread with a topically unrelated comment.  Old posts may also spring to life this way—perfectly fine unless the conversational logic is disrupted to the point of confusion. Replies that don't follow a logical flow through the thread are less likely to grab the community's attention compared to a new post.  However it happens, the result is a confusing thread. Be patient This is a peer-to-peer community. Not every question will attract an answer right away. What can you do? Be sure to provide as much information as you can, and make sure your questions are clear so people can chime in and help out. Be sure to check out our How to create meaningful posts article.  Additional Resources How to create meaningful posts ... View more

How do I get comfortable with commenting and contributing to discussions?  “I’m new to Splunk and don’t want to ask a beginners question” “I don’t know enough about Splunk to help others: should I still ask my own question?" The Splunk Community is filled with all sorts of people, from all over the world, holding different roles, and with different levels of technical skill and experience.  If one person is looking for information or wondering about a question or topic, it’s most likely that they aren’t the only one. Your engagement will contribute to the group’s discovery and learning. Once you ask — and only if you ask — your question has a chance of being answered. What tips can I keep in mind when looking for information or help? Start by searching | Getting ready to post | Helping others  Start by searching A search is the best beginning when you have a problem or question in mind. You may uncover a thread already underway in Find Answers, or an article in the Knowledge Base. If you find a definitive post — like a solution or a useful conversation — you can still contribute by weighing in. Your perspective might be just what others need to consider. Didn’t find what you were looking for? Go ahead and start the discussion.  Getting ready to post Now that you feel comfortable sharing in the community, we highly suggest you read the How do I create meaningful posts article.   Helping others in the community This is a peer-to-peer community. If you find yourself feeling hesitant about answering other members’ questions, we’re here to tell you you don’t have to be. Remember that there can be many ways to tackle a problem, so solutions for any potential question aren't necessarily absolute. Your reply, anecdote, or interjection isn’t expected to be the only approach. Even providing anecdotes or sharing a similar problem and its solution can provoke more thought and elicit ideas—whether from the original poster or other members. The more you start to share with the community, the more confident you can become. Go, you! All members add value to the Splunk Community - we encourage you to explore, consume, reply and inquire. The more you do this, the more you help yourself and can help the community. ... View more

Share helpful information in Community  In the Splunk Community, you can post a question or present your own information. When you begin to write a post—besides capturing all facts, steps, and thoughts—you want to keep your target reader in mind and bring them along with your thought process. Because your readers are likely to have used the Community’s search capabilities to find meaningful content, keep relevant keywords top of mind as you write your post. NOTE | Anyone is free to browse the content in the Splunk Community without registering or signing in. But, if you’d like to engage by asking a question, replying to a topic, or giving kudos to another user or content, you must be signed in.  To register for the first time, click on the Sign In button at the top right navigation In this article... Writing your post, step-by-step Additional Resources Writing your post, step-by-step Post Subject A subject (the post's title) that makes your intention clear will help readers understand the scope of your question or solution. Even though members can surface content by searching, a pertinent title helps make your post more findable. If you can also make it visually scannable, that title will do even more to surface your post. NOTE | Try to limit the length of your title to between 30 - 50 characters, so all of it is visible on summary pages without being truncated. Can’t keep it below 50 characters? Try to frontload the most relevant keywords and meaning early in the title.  TIP | Often, the best title comes into focus AFTER you're finished writing the body of the content. We recommend you review your headings and titles as a final step.  Post Body In your post’s body, give readers enough context so they can understand your situation—how they might help answer your question, or how they might apply your solution. What options have you already tried?  Have you eliminated any options? What are they, and why won't they work here? What possibilities are you comparing?  What isn’t compatible with your situation? Post form hints, with examples Products & version numbers Specify the products and their version numbers , Agents, 3rd party tools, or other relevant products Operating system and version OS and version e.g., Linux, MacOS 10.15.7, Windows 10 Pro 20H2, etc Screenshots Favor screenshots that bring clarity by showing context and detail NOTE |Be sure to redact private or sensitive information from your screenshots Process What strategy did you pursue in your attempts to fix the problem? What was the order of steps taken? Code* Review the Community article Security Dos and Don'ts  for clarity on how to safely treat code examples How can I best organize my thoughts? You want to give readers enough context so they have a clear sense of your journey. Help them understand how they can either contribute to or learn from it.  A structural framework is a helpful writing tool for helping you create a narrative that best defines your situation. Popular frameworks include: 7 Questions: Who, what, when, where, why, how, how much CARL: Context, Action, Results, and Learning SCQA: Situation, Complication, Question, Answer Review and Finalize Finally, review your content for clarity, cohesion, and correctness.  Do give that title another look too, in case your writing clarified or changed the post’s theme.  Additional Resources Privacy and Security Dos and Don’ts  ... View more

What do I need to know about security protocols in the Splunk Community?  The Community exists as a forum for Splunk's technical community to share information and knowledge. To support that exchange, we each need to act on the awareness of our mutual responsibility to consider the information we share.  Use this post as a guide—along with your own judgment and your organization's security and privacy policy—when starting or contributing to discussions in the community.  And do also let your fellow members know if they’ve accidentally shared information that could have security or privacy risks. In this article… Security Dos | Security Don'ts | Personally Identifiable Information (PII) | Security Don't Examples | Additional Resources Security Dos We encourage safe community engagement while making sure everyone is being safe about it. Here are a few security “Dos” to keep in mind and follow. Remember! This is a public community; anyone can see what you write even if they are not signed in, even months later. Know your organization's security and privacy policies Redact any sensitive information in whatever you share When in doubt, replace the information with placeholders Before you hit “post,” review what you’re about to share. Ask yourself: “Could this information create a risk for any individuals, or for your company?” Have doubts? Review the Security Don’ts. Watch out for each other!  If you see a message that seems to have content that could be a security or privacy risk, send the poster a Private Message or reach out to a Community Manager. You can also mark the post or reply as inappropriate content and we’ll take care of it. Security Don’ts The Don’ts list is much longer than the Dos, but we promise these are important points! We highly suggest you read and understand them.  We’ve aimed to make it thorough though it can’t cover every possibility — so use your best judgment. Don’t share log files. If you need to, make sure they're sanitized, with all sensitive data removed Don’t share password-protected code  Don’t share tokens, passwords, or any authentication details Don’t share keys — including, but not limited to the examples below under Example of Security Don’ts Don’t share authorization details (e.g., Authorization: Basic; Authorization: Bearer) Don’t share server names Don't share your Controller username  Don’t share your Controller account name Don’t share IP addresses Don’t share anything your company considers proprietary or confidential Personally Identifiable Information (PII) PII is any representation of information that permits the identity of an individual to whom the information applies to be reasonably inferred by either direct or indirect means.  . Be respectful of others by not sharing anyone's personally identifiable information (PII) in the Community. We recommend not sharing yours either. Please be aware that two or more pieces of information that do not separately identify an individual may, in combination, result in the identification of a specific individual and thus become PII. Examples of PII may include (but are not limited to): Email addresses Full Names Phone Numbers Date of birth Government Identifier numbers User IDs Home/Work address IP address Some information may be sensitive such that sharing this information may cause harm or reputational loss to an individual or organization.  Do not share this information, even in private messages. Examples of such information include authentication credentials, government identification numbers, trade secrets, or details about the security operations of an organization.  In some cases, this information could even be contained in a Splunk search string. While not technically PII, it is recommended that the name of the organization you work for not be given. You may see people use variables such as "$WORK" or "$JOB" to denote their organization without naming it. Be aware that search strings themselves may contain sensitive information.  Examples not related to PII include security alert methodology, indicators of compromise (IoCs), alert thresholds, architectural details of key systems, or even key details related to trade secrets. Examples of Security Don’ts  Description Examples of 'Security Don'ts' AWS Access Keys AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=xxxx AWS Secret Access Key wJalrXUtnFEMI/K7MDENG/bPxRfiCYEXAMPLEKEY AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=yyyy Authorization Authorization: Basic Authorization: Bearer RSA Private Keys ----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY----  (Key data would be here) ----END RSA PRIVATE KEY---- SSH (OPENSSH) Keys ----BEGIN OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY----  (Key data would be here) ----END OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY---- SSH (DSA) Private Keys ----BEGIN DSA PRIVATE KEY---- (Key data would be here) ----END DSA PRIVATE KEY---- SSH (EC) Private Keys ----BEGIN EC PRIVATE KEY---- (Key data would be here) ----END EC PRIVATE KEY---- PGP Private Key Block ----BEGIN PGP PRIVATE KEY BLOCK----  (Key data would be here) ----END PGP PRIVATE KEY BLOCK---- Server Names Named according to your company's schema Controller Username The URL that provides access to your Splunk instance Splunk Stack Name https://<account-name>.splunkcloud.com/ IP Addresses or ranges 192.0.2.1 198.51.100.0/24 2001:DB8::/32   Sensitive search logic (e.g exact thresholds for altering)  index=logins action=failure earliest=-20m | stats count BY user,src_ip | where count > 42 Additional Resources Who are your Community Managers? 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What notification settings are there, and where do I view and manage my own settings? In Subscriptions & Notifications, under the Notification Settings tab, you will see the complete list of general settings and automated notifications.  You can edit the general notification settings as well as delivery frequency for each type of automated email notification. Until you make changes here, you’ll see the default notification settings. In this article… How do I view and manage my notification settings? Settings options and default settings General notifications settings list  |  Email notifications list Additional resources  How do I view and manage my notification settings? Click the profile icon on the top right of the navigation bar, then click Subscriptions on the drop-down menu. This will take you to the Subscriptions and Notifications tab. Click the Notification Settings page. Make changes and click Save.  CHANGE YOUR MIND? Click Reset to restore to the default settings.  Back to top   Settings options and default settings The following lists show an overview of general and email notification settings, including default positions and all options for each setting. You can restore the default settings for your individual profile at any time. General notifications settings list GENERAL NOTIFICATION SETTINGS DEFAULT SETTING SETTINGS OPTIONS Turn off all push notifications When turned on, no push notifications (email, or real-time pop-up messages) will be sent to you, but notifications will still appear in your Notification feed under the bell icon. Off On/Off Turn off all email notifications When turned on, no email notifications will be sent to you, but notifications will still appear in your Notification feed under the bell icon. Off On/Off Turn off all real-time pop-up notifications When turned on, no real-time pop-up messages will be sent to you, but notifications will still appear in your Notification feed under the bell icon. Off On/Off Turn off all mobile notifications When turned on, no mobile will be sent to you, but notifications will still appear in your Notification feed under the bell icon. Off On/Off Ignore posts and reviews that I’ve already read On On/Off Notify me when I post, reply, submit a review, or comment Off On/Off Automatically subscribe me to all topics or reviews I participate in On On/Off Automatically subscribe me to all group hubs I join Turn this setting on when you want activity notifications for groups, such as University, or the Welcome Center. Activity includes new messages, new replies or comments, and messages On On/Off For my forum subscriptions, notify me for... All posts • All posts • Only the first post in a topic Back to top   Email notification settings list These settings govern the frequency of automated email notifications you receive. These notifications typically contain useful links, in addition to the message.  EMAIL NOTIFICATION FREQUENCY SETTINGS DEFAULT SETTING SETTINGS OPTIONS New topics or articles posted in boards I subscribe to Any comments on the knowledge base articles, blog articles., or events boards I subscribe to New replies posted to content I subscribe to Responses to other replies I subscribe to Content using a label I subscribe to Content using a product I subscribe to Posts I'm @-mentioned in Accepted Solutions to topics or questions I subscribe to Badges I earn Any edits & comments on knowledge base articles i subscribe to Immediately Never Immediately In a daily digest In a weekly digest Use Default (immediately) Karma on my posts Daily Digest Edits to published knowledge base articles and topics in areas I subscribe to (as opposed to individual post subscriptions). NOTE | If you subscribe to an entire board or knowledge base, you will be notified of changes to any content within that space. Otherwise, you'll only receive notifications to the articles you're subscribed to.  For all but minor edits Never For all but minor edits For all edits, including minor ones Back to top Additional resources How do subscriptions, bookmarks, and notifications work in Community? How do I subscribe to receive Community notifications? How do I review, manage, or delete subscriptions and bookmarks? ... View more

How do I organize my Community subscriptions, bookmarks, and notifications? As you engage in Community, you may want to organize the content that’s most relevant to you for faster access. You can subscribe to content to receive notifications about changes to the space, as well as bookmark individual pieces. Notifications are automated and delivered in a Community private message or through email.  This article provides an overview of the kinds of controls you can use to manage these personal content subscriptions, bookmarks, and notifications. You will also find links to additional notification management articles. In this article… How do subscriptions and bookmarks work in the Community? How do I access my content settings? Additional resources  How do subscriptions and bookmarks work in the Community? As you engage in the Community, you may want to subscribe to spaces, labels, posts, or articles,  so you can follow updates, or bookmark content so you can return to it anytime. The Community can send you automated notifications about changes to this your subscriptions both on the platform and through email. You’ll get a notification when:  Someone responds to a topic you’ve created or have subscribed to You are “@mentioned” in a post You receive kudos Content you’ve subscribed to is updated Back to top How do I access my content settings From the profile icon, click "Subscriptions" Access your content settings by clicking the profile icon on the top right of the navigation bar. Then choose Subscriptions on the drop-down menu. This will take you to the Subscriptions and Notifications tab. You’ll be able to click on My Subscriptions, My Bookmarks, Notification Settings, or Email Format tabs to view content lists or change related settings. Back to top What content settings are available ?  Under each secondary tab, you will be able use the following settings: Tab label Settings options My Subscriptions Delete subscriptions to content Manage muted subscriptions My Bookmarks View and delete bookmarks you have set Notification Settings See all current and past notifications related to content you created or participated in Manage Popup notifications Manage notification emails NOTE | To view the notifications list, click the bell icon on the top navigation instead  Email Format Choose how you want automated subscription emails to be formatted Back to top Additional resources How do I subscribe to receive Community notifications? How do I review, manage, or delete subscriptions and bookmarks? What settings options are available for automatic Community notifications? ... View more

Why should I register for a Community account, and what are the steps? How do I sign in to my Community account?  By signing in to the Splunk Community, you get expanded access to resources, including the ability to: Create or participate in a discussion Comment on a Knowledge Base article Access to other special interest areas, granted by your role You can become a member of the Community by signing in with the authentication credentials you use to access Splunk. In this article… How do I sign in when I’m new to Cisco AppDynamics? What if I'm having trouble signing in? What are the steps for signing in? How do I sign in when I’m new to Splunk? Don’t worry if you’re new to your company’s Splunk account. You should be able to sign in with the SSO credentials you use to authenticate in Splunk. Having trouble signing into the Community?  If you have trouble, contact your company’s Splunk Administrator to be sure you’ve been provisioned. Or reach out to your Splunk representative so they can add you to the correct database.   What are the steps for signing in? Once you’re a member, you can authenticate from any page in the Splunk Community: From the top navigation, click the Sign In button.   The Community uses SSO, so use your business credentials to authenticate. On sign-in, you should see your name, community statistics, and notifications on the hero. From your avatar drop-down on the top right of the navigation, you’ll be able to access subscriptions, view your profile, and manage account settings. ... View more

What are ways to make my user profile work for me? Because the Splunk Community uses single sign-on (SSO) for user authentication, you don’t need to set up a Community account when joining. You can personalize your profile, though, to get the most out of available features. Settings include language, time, avatar, and bio— to name a few. Other Community members can also see a view of your profile page, showing your recent activity and engagement stats (but not everything on your profile).  In this article… What is my profile, and what can I see, view and do with it? What can others see on my profile? How do I update and personalize my settings? Additional resources What is my profile, and what can I see, view, and do with it? Your profile page shows information like your Recent Notifications, Community activity, and engagement statistics since your registration date. Access your profile page by clicking your avatar on the top right navigation.  Your profile page view shows: PROFILE PAGE INFORMATION TYPES Drafts   Find your draft content listed here About me  Short content you can add to your profile  Discussion Feed  TIP | Using the drop-down menu to the right of the page title, you can filter this feed of Forum content by:  Topics I’ve participated in My latest contributions My archived contributions Kudos from  Kudos other members gave you Kudos to  Kudos you gave to other members   Latest Activity  A complete list of all of your Community engagement, including posts, and kudos given and received.   Community Stats | Both general and specific statistics about your engagement in the Community. NOTE | Other members can only see your registration date, date you last visited, total messages posted, and total kudos received. Only Administrators can see your profile email address.   What can other members see on my profile page? Other members can also see a view of your profile page, limited to the following: Posts Solutions Karma Given Karma Received  Activity feed Minimal statistics: your registration date, date you last visited, total messages posted, and total kudos received Badges Only Administrators can see your profile email address. How do I update and personalize my settings? You can change language, timezone, and other professional and personal settings. Including personal information is optional. But, you may find it helps inspire greater connections as you contribute in Community. Do what's right for you!  How do I adjust my profile settings? You can change quite a few different aspects of your community settings, we won't be covering all of them here, I do recommend you go explore the settings area to see how you can make changes to personalize and improve your Splunk Community Experience. To customize your profile settings click the avatar icon in the top right navigation bar, then click My settings. By default, you’ll land on the Username tab where you can change your username. Click on the "Personal Information" tab to change professional information about yourself, like a post signature, title, location, or Bio. If you want to add a personal signature, you can compose it using simple HTML. Paste your finished code into the Signature field. Want additional information about yourself shown on your profile page? Fill out the “Biography”  field.   You have probably seen "Complete Your Profile" across the top of the community, you can also fill out this area inside the Personal > Personal Information part of your Settings Here you can select one or multiple answers to each of the 4 Personalization Information questions: What is your responsibility for or use of Splunk? For which area(s) or funtion(s) do you use Splunk? Which Splunk Products do you currently use? In which industry or industries do you work? Filling these out will mark your Profile complete   When you’re finished making changes on any page/tab, click Save before moving on. Additional Resources How do I subscribe to receive Community notifications? How do I send a Private Message? How do I update my profile avatar? ... View more

You can change your avatar image at any time. The image you choose will serve as both your profile avatar, and your message avatar.  The Community library includes a number of collections you can use. Or, to further personalize your avatar, you can upload your own image from your computer, from your Community albums, or from another online source.  In this article… How do I change my profile avatar? What is the maximum size of an avatar image? How can I resize my profile avatar image? Additional resources  How do I change my profile avatar? You can upload your own avatar image from your computer or another online source. This image will be used for both your profile and your message, and you will be able to crop the original image for each use. NOTE | The avatar image must be less than 5MB in size. Click the avatar icon in the top right side navigation, then click My Settings. Click the Avatars tab From the pop-up window, choose the method for uploading your avatar image. You can browse and upload an image from your computer, from your uploaded Community images (My Albums), or from another website.            NOTE | Uploaded avatar images must be less than 5MB in size. Follow the Wizard through each steps to complete the upload. Options under My Settings > Avatars From the Community Click the Choose a collection dropdown to see a list of avatar themes.  Select a theme, then select an image from the options shown alongside the Choose an avatar label. Upload an Avatar link Click the Upload an Avatar link Click Browse and navigate to your image file You will be able to resize your image to serve as both a profile and a message avatar. From my albums Albums on the community contain images you have uploaded that have been approved. You can choose one to upload as an avatar. TIP | You can revert to a previous avatar image from this collection From the Web Enter your custom avatar URL Click Set Avatar   How can I resize my profile avatar image? Within the profile avatar Wizard, you can reposition the image until you're satisfied with it in both the profile and messenger sizes. Drag the image corners to crop it, and drag the full image to position it to your liking. You’ll be able to see a preview in the round window, upper right. Click Save and Continue to resize the image for your profile. Next, you'll crop the image again for your message avatar. Or click Choose another avatar to go back a step and select a different file for your profile.  In the next Wizard screen, you can crop your image for the smaller message avatar in the same manner as for your profile avatar. Click Save to finish with your current selections, or Back to previous size to adjust your profile image cropping. Additional Resources How do I subscribe to receive Community notifications? How do I send a Private Message? How do I update and use my Community profile and settings? ... View more

How do I deal with spam or harassment on the Splunk Community?  Spam is unsolicited content. Harassment is hateful or threatening speech.  If you see either of these types of content, mark the entry as spam or as harassment so we can remove it from the community. In this article... What are Spam and Harassment? Who can help me with inappropriate content? How do I report inappropriate content? What are the steps for privately reporting inappropriate content? What are spam and harassment, and how do I report abuse? Spam is unsolicited content that has a commercial intent outside of the community’s mission. Harassment runs the gamut from annoyance to aggression. These examples from our Community Guidelines “Don’ts” list partially define what could be considered spam or harassment on the AppDynamics Community: Violent threats or language Discriminatory jokes or language Sexually explicit or violent materials Doxxing — Posting or threatening to post personal information regarding yourself or others Personal insults, especially using racist or sexist terms. Unwelcome sexual attention. Solicitations, self-promotion, commercial messages, or spam—including links to external websites. Advocate for or encourage any of the above behavior. Repeatedly harassing other users. If you see any of these, do report it as inappropriate content so we can remove it from the community. Who can help me with reporting inappropriate content? Rather than engaging with people you notice are harassing others (whether you or other Community members are being targeted), please alert Community moderators so we can address and remove the problem. *****Waiting to hear back**** How do I report inappropriate content? ***** You can flag the content by reporting it directly inside the post. The AppDynamics Community offers another reporting method that leaves your identity out of public view. We will act on these notifications of harassment or spam immediately. What are the steps for privately reporting inappropriate content? Only the Community's moderators are notified when you use the Report Inappropriate Content method, and your identity will remain private. We will be able to review the content and determine the next steps. To report spam or harassment privately, take the following steps: Click the drop-down menu button on the upper right corner of the post. Click the Report Inappropriate Content option towards the bottom of the drop-down menu. Type your comment into the Notify Moderator of Inappropriate Content field, then click the Notify Moderator button to submit your report. Additional Resources Community Guidelines ... View more

How do I find Accepted Solutions–or mark new ones? When an Answers (forum) post is marked as Solved, you know its original question has an agreed solution. Community members can see that solved state and also navigate the thread right to the answer. Because solution authors are credited for their contribution, the Accepted as Solution feature also strengthens our Community’s engagement. Whether you’re receiving recognition for your own knowledge and helpfulness, or benefitting from someone else’s contribution, you’re also contributing to a vibrant dialogue and information exchange. In this article… How do I find an Accepted Solution? How do I mark a reply as an Accepted Solution? How do I find an Accepted Solution? Accepted Solutions are confirmed answers. They are flagged visually throughout the Community forums with a green checkmark. Home page Under the Community activity feed’s in the 'Sort by:" drop down, click "Solved" Accepted solutions are marked with a green checkmark on the Home page Activity Feed. Answers (forum) topic page A green checkmark to the right of the post title just after the comments and kudos icons To review the post and its answer, click the post's title.  Forum topic post listings show the Accepted Solution indicator on the right. Individual discussion On the post page of a discussion with an Accepted Solution, you’ll see: A green circle with a checkmark just above the title on the left side. This indicator also acts as a live link that will take you to the Solution A green box surrounding the Accepted Solution  On the Answers (forums) Discussion page, the Accepted Solution mark is at the top left of the original post title. For the answer, click the circle or scroll down to the answer below, also marked with a green circle. TIP |  To limit scrolling and get right to the answer, click the Go to solution button at the top of the original post— handy when the discussion thread is lengthy A post’s answer — the Accepted Solution — with green circle indicators on the title, below the post, and around the answer. How do I mark a reply as an Accepted Solution? Every post reply has an Accept as Solution button at the bottom, on the right side. If a reply answers your question, click it! Others will be able to find the solution more quickly when you identify a fix.  On a post response, click the Accept as Solution button if the entry answers your question ... View more

You can narrow the scope of your search using features on the 'Advanced' search page.   In this article… How do I use additional search filters?  Locations   |  Filters   Additional Resources How do I use additional search filters? Advanced Search page To access the advanced search tools:  Perform a search on any page. Enter your keywords, then hit Enter. Alternatively, perform a blank search by putting your cursor in the search bar on any page, then hitting Enter. The Search screen will open to a search results page  You’ll not only be able to see your initial search results, but also filter and refine your search using the following tab options: Locations Posts Users Private Messages Places (top-level areas in the Community) Products Filters Location (any area in the Community) Author (lists content by an author) Date (all time, day, week, year) Metadata (Solved or Kudoed content) Type of Post (forums, Knowledge Base, etc.) Contains... (images, videos, or attachments) Additional Resources How do I use labels and tags to find what I need? ... View more

How do I use labels and tags to surface the content I'm looking for? Labels and tags organize the Community’s content. You can hone in on what you need by searching or filtering with them. In this article... How do I understand and use labels in the community?   Filtering content with labels   How do I understand and use tags in the community?   How do I write helpful tags?  |  How do I filter content with tags? What are the steps to adding tags to my posts or replies?   How do I add tags when creating or replying to content? | How do I edit my post to add tags? How do I understand and use Splunk Community labels? Labels are pre-defined categories used to organize content across the Community. Different areas have independent labels, though you can expect similarities. Look on the right rail for a list of available labels in any Community area.  NOTE | For example, the Answers (forums), Community blog, and AppDynamics Knowledge Base have labels that are similar, but not identical. SEARCH TIPS | Filtering content with labels In any space, one way to filter content is by clicking the label You can also filter the Answers (forums),Community blog, and AppDynamics Knowledge Base by clicking the label name within the list on the right rail.  NOTE | When conducting a search, you can also include labels among the keywords you enter into the Search field. Back to Top   How do I understand and use tags in the Splunk Community? Like labels and headings, tags also appear in search results. Community members can add their own tags to Answers (forums) posts and replies, Knowledge Base articles, blogs. NOTE | Members must be signed in to add tags. Once created, tags can be seen and used by others in the community. By using good tagging practices, you make relevant content more findable for yourself while improving the Community for everyone. The more the community-at-large uses a tag, the higher its search rank and the greater its potential to attract attention.  SEARCH TIPS | How do I use tags to filter Splunk Community content? You can filter content by tags applied to content across the Community, including the within Answers (forums), the Knowledge Base or the Community Blogs. The interface is the same across each of these areas.  To filter, click an existing tag. They are listed below individual posts, alongside a small tag icon. Example of how tags are displayed at the bottom of a Community blog post  The tag’s summary page will open. Here, you can interact with the content's collection of tags, or view a leaderboard of top taggers.  Example of what the page looks like after you click on a tag Back to Top   Working with existing tags Answers (forums) display the Related Tags box on the right rail.  It shows a given Answers area's most Related tags. Click on View All to see all the tags used in that area. For a filtered view of single tag, click its link in the Related Tags box. How do I write helpful tags for my posts and replies? When signed in, Community members can add tags to Answers posts and replies anytime. It's better not to have any tags than to recycle the already-used keywords. Tags should add a new layer of clarification to a post. Avoid muddying the waters by re-using content areas, titles, headings, or labels (which already appear in search results) as tags.  Instead, think of other keywords that will distinguish your content from other posts under the same label. Consider how features, products, and services are already represented. FOR EXAMPLE | If you’re in the Getting Data In Answers Forum, don’t use “Getting Data In” as a tag.  What are the steps to adding tags to my posts and replies? When starting a new discussion or replying to one, you’ll have the option to insert your tags before you submit your post or reply. However, you can also return to your content and add the tag after your initial post. How do I include a new tag when writing a post or reply? Start a discussion or reply to one Look for the “Message Tags” text field   Enter your tags, with a comma between each new tag Complete your post or reply When you click the Post button to save your post or reply, your tags will be included at the bottom of the post How do I add a tag to a post I have already created? To add a tag, click the Add tags link at the bottom of your post or reply A text input field will appear. Enter your tags, separating each with a comma Click the  Add button To confirm your tags were successfully added, refresh the page Back to Top Additional Resources How do I refine the scope of my search? How do I create meaningful posts? ... View more

I want to review my Community subscriptions and bookmarks, and delete obsolete ones. As you engage in Community, you may want to subscribe to or bookmark personally relevant content. This article covers where and how to manage your personal subscriptions and bookmarks.  In this article… Where are my personal subscriptions and bookmarks listed? How do I delete individual subscriptions? How do I delete individual bookmarked content? Additional resources  Where are my personal subscriptions and bookmarks listed? In Subscriptions & Notifications, under the My Subscriptions tab, you will see the complete list of all your subscriptions across the Community, marked as articles, ideas, labels, and topics. Use the vertical 3 dots options button to delete subscriptions. Use the Manage Muted Items link to view a summary of forum discussion topics you’ve muted, as well as deleting those email mutes. NOTE | It isn’t possible to mute subscriptions to blogs, ideas, or Knowledge Base articles, though you can delete them.  Back to Top How do I delete individual subscriptions? View a summary of your subscriptions and delete subscriptions here: Access your content settings by clicking the profile icon on the top right of the navigation bar, then hit Subscriptions on the drop-down menu. You’ll see the list of all your Community subscriptions. Click in the checkbox corresponding to the subscription you want to delete. Repeat as needed for each subscription you want to delete.  NOTE | The vertical 3 dots options button includes a Delete All function Click the vertical 3 dots options button, then click Delete Selected Subscriptions.  On the "My Subscriptions" tab, you can view a list of your subscriptions, and delete individual items.  Back to Top How do I delete individual bookmarks? Click the gear icon to open Subscriptions & Notifications, then click the “My Bookmarks” tab. You’ll see the list of all your saved bookmarks, linked to the entry. To delete a bookmark, click its corresponding checkbox. Repeat as needed for all the bookmarks you want to delete. NOTE | The Bookmark Options button includes a Delete All function Click the Bookmark Options button, then click Delete Selected Bookmarks.  Back to Top Additional resources How do subscriptions, bookmarks, and notifications work in Community? How do I subscribe to receive Community notifications? What settings options are available for automatic Community notifications? ... View more

I want to receive notifications about Community content I’m interested in Do you want to get the latest news from the Splunk Community? Or to keep up with a specific topic, conversation, or thread? You can subscribe to Community content and receive activity notifications through your notification feed and email. Then, adjust your settings by frequency or other parameters. NOTE | You need to be signed in to the Community in order to subscribe, view, or manage subscriptions.  In this article… How do subscriptions and bookmarks work in the Community? How do I subscribe and unsubscribe to content in Community? What do I need to know about subscribing to labels? Additional resources  How do subscriptions and bookmarks work in the Community? As you engage in the Community, you may want to subscribe to specific content, or categories of content, so you can return to it at any time. The Community can send you automated notifications about changes to this your subscriptions both on the platform and through email. You’ll get a notification when:  Someone responds to a topic you have created or have subscribed to You are “@mentioned” in a post You receive kudos Content you’ve subscribed to is updated You can subscribe to content from the most high-level Community areas like Answers (Forums), AppDynamics Knowledge Base, Blogs (Community, Product News & Announcements, Training & Certifications), and this Welcome Center, to the most specific levels like individual posts or articles. NOTE | You can manage your notifications from the drop-down under your Profile. See the How do I manage my subscriptions, bookmarks, and notifications? article here in the Welcome Center. Back to top   How do I subscribe or unsubscribe to content? Subscribing and unsubscribing to content is the same across the Community. Navigate to the content you want to receive notifications about. This can be a broad area like the Community Blog, a slightly narrower area (like content filtered by a label), or a specific post or article.   Look for the Options button (it might be on the top left or right)  Click the Options button look for Subscribe    Click Subscribe. A confirmation message will display.   Anytime you navigate back to that spot, the page will indicate that you are subscribed to it.  Back to top   What do I need to know about subscribing to labels? Most areas in Community like Answers (Forums), All Blogs, Tech Talks and the AppDynamics Knowledge Base—use labels to categorize help organize. You will see the labels listed in the right rail. Besides filtering by them, you can subscribe to any of these labels and receive ongoing automatic notifications for new or revised content with that label. From the area with a label, (i.e., Answers) select the label you want to subscribe to, listed under the Labels heading on the right rail. On the banner above the page title, you see that the label you clicked is the active filter.  On the banner, hit Subscribe.  Answers Label selection page Back to top Additional Resources How do subscriptions, bookmarks, and notifications work in Community? How do I review, manage, or delete subscriptions and bookmarks? What settings options are available for automatic Community notifications? ... View more

What is the direct message equivalent in Community, and how do I use it? Though public interactions do the most to promote an active Community and improve available knowledge, sometimes a private conversation is preferable.  You can send and receive private messages with other Community members—including sharing posts, articles and threads. To access Private Messaging tools and features, you have to be signed in to the Community. NOTE | Because any Community member can limit or opt out of private messaging, you may not be able to reach everyone using this method    In this article… What happens when I receive a private message? How do I send a private message? …from the private message area  | ...from a profile page Be Courteous and Respectful How to report inappropriate Private Messages What happens when I receive a private message? When someone sends you a private message two kinds of automatic notifications are triggered:  On the navigation bar, the counter badge on the envelope icon will increment  Look out for an email notification in your inbox Back to top How do I send a private message? You can send a private message within the Community in a few different ways: The private message area is accessed by clicking on your Avatar on the top right of the page  A member’s profile page, using  the Send Message button NOTE | You need to be signed in to your Community account to be able read and send private messages Back to top   Send a message from the Community private message area When signed in to Community, click your Avatar on the top right side of the navigation bar to open the the dropdown Click the "My messages" button   Click the circular pink and white button that looks like a pencil and notepad. The Private Messages page will open.   Address and write your subject and message.  TIP | Don’t use the “@” symbol in the Send To field. Just begin typing the recipient name and choose from the resulting list.  NOTE| If one of the people you’re writing to has disabled their private messaging, their name will be removed from the field and they won’t receive a message When you are finished, click the Send Message button. Back to top   Send a private message from the profile page From a fellow member's profile page, click the Send a message button From there, type in Member Profile name and subject and body and hit send!   Be Courteous and Respectful Always maintain courtesy and respect when privately messaging other community members. Even though these conversations are private, our Community Guidelines still apply. How to report inappropriate Private Messages While inside the Private Message page Click the Vertical 3 dot button next to the message that is inappropriate Click the button that says "Report as inappropriate" Back to top ... View more

How do @mention links work in the Community? “@mention” a community member to bring them into the discussion. You can  "@mention" content as well. Use this feature to link to individuals and content within your replies or posts anywhere in the Community just by typing “@” into the comment box. In this article... What happens when I “@mention” someone?  Community Alert | Email Notification What are the steps to using the “@mention” functionality? What are the steps for using "#Product mentions" functionality? Additional resources What happens when I “@mention” someone? An “@mention” triggers a pair of notifications to the person: an alert within the Community, and an email (depending on their individual email settings).  Community Alert View Community alerts by clicking the bell icon in the top navigation. Click the bell icon on the right side of the top navigation. All your Community mentions are listed below the Notification feed heading. Mentions are indicated with an “@” icon. Click the message title to open the link. Email notification The @mention email notification displays: the name of the person who mentioned you the content you’ve been mentioned in a direct link to that content in the Community NOTE | If you have limited or disabled email notifications, incoming "@mention" email notifications may be delayed or not sent at all.  See your notification settings on the My Settings page. What are the steps to using “@mention” functionality? You can “@mention” a person within a post,  or comment. This holds true anywhere in the Community, whether in the Answers(forums), AppDynamics Knowledge Base, and all Community Blogs. In the text field, type “@”. A list will appear showing users who have contributed to that specific conversation. Click the user you want from the list. Note: Don’t see who you want? As you continue to type, the list will refresh to match what you’ve typed in the field. When you select your option, the user will be inserted, and the list will close. For each person reference you want to include in your post, repeat steps 1 and 2 — e.g., type another “@” for each link you want to include. Complete your message, then click the Post button. NOTE | Don’t forget your other editing controls to refine and check your message before posting! Use @Mentions Thoughtfully @Mentions are a great way to include others in conversations. Please use this feature responsibly and avoid tagging people unnecessarily. What are the steps for using "#Product mentions" functionality? It's very similar to how "@mentions" work, but for Splunk Products, you have two options to pick from.  1. Using the "Associated Apps" text box at the top of the post creation page When you go to create a new post or reply to an existing post, at the top right of the page, you will see a box called "Associated Apps". Here you can manually type in the name of the product(s) you want to mention. As you start typing, product will start showing up.  Once you find the one you want, select it. If you want to add more than one, repeat steps 1 and 2. 2. Using "#" to search for and mention products. Once you are in a post or reply creation page, type in # and you will see a popup box show up telling you to start typing to see a list of Splunk Products. Start typing to search for the Splunk Product you want to mention. Click the Splunk Product you want and it will be brought into the post If you want to mention more than one, repeat steps 1 and 2. You will know it worked when you see the Splunk Product name hyperlinked in the post or reply.   Additional resources What are “Accepted Solutions” and how do I use them? What are spam and harassment? How do I report them? ... View more

The Big One: Splunk 10 is Here!  The moment many of you have been waiting for has arrived! We are thrilled to announce that Splunk 10 is officially Generally Available (GA) for both Splunk Enterprise 10.0 and Splunk Cloud Platform 10.0! This landmark release brings a new level of security, modernization, and innovation to your organization. Dive into all the details and discover how this release empowers a secure and compliant future in our official announcement blog: Introducing Splunk 10: Empowering a Secure and Compliant Future.  Deep Dives into Exciting New Capabilities  Splunk 10 isn't just a version number; it's packed with features designed to supercharge your data management and visualization experience. We've published a series of supplemental blogs that introduce these exciting updates:  Expanded Data Management with Ingest Monitoring:  Gain native visibility across all your data sources in Splunk Cloud Platform with new ingest monitoring capabilities. Learn more here: Splunk expands Data Management capabilities to include ingest monitoring  Streamlined Agent Management:  Managing deployments at scale just got easier with Splunk's expanded agent management features. Discover the evolution here: Splunk expands Data Management capabilities to include agent management  Edge Processor for Splunk Enterprise:  Bring data management closer to your premises with the introduction of Edge Processor for Splunk Enterprise. Read about it here: Introducing Edge Processor for Splunk Enterprise: Data Management on Your Premises  Dashboard Studio Innovations:  Elevate your data visualizations with the latest enhancements to Dashboard Studio.  Find out "What's new in Splunk Enterprise 10.0 and 9.4":  Dashboard Studio: What's new in Splunk Enterprise 10.0 and 9.4  Explore the "Spec-TAB-ular updates": Dashboard Studio: Spec-TAB-ular updates  Relive the Magic of .conf25!  Earlier in September, we gathered in Boston for our annual user conference, .conf25, and it was an incredible event! If you couldn't make it, or just want to revisit your favorite sessions, you're in luck: .conf Online is officially LIVE!  You can now catch all our technical sessions, panel discussions, and theater session slides directly from our website – no login required! Head over to conf.splunk.com/watch/conf-online.html to access the full library.  We particularly recommend these Splunk 10-specific sessions to deepen your understanding, offering direct insights from Splunk Experts, and providing invaluable guidance for your Splunk 10 journey:  PLA1535 - Upgrading to Splunk Platform 10 with Tedd Hellmann, Senior Principal Product Manager at Splunk and Sean Galvin, Principal Technical Program Manager at Splunk. Have you been putting off upgrading to 10? We get it, but you gotta. In this session, we’ll go over the great new features in this version of Splunk Enterprise and Splunk Cloud 10, how to tell if you’re impacted by any major changes, and what to do to prepare for a seamless update.  PLA2002 - Transitioning to Splunk Enterprise 10.0: What You Need to Know with Hywel Matthews Chief Technical Advisor, Technical Strategy & Innovation at Splunk. Splunk Enterprise 10.0 is the biggest and most complex release to date. With updates including OpenSSL 3.0, FIPS-140-3 and node.js 20, we will guide you through the potential breaking changes, and provide an overview of upgrade options and orders, to limit the effect within your environment.  PLA1507 - Future-Proofing Compliance: Upgrading to FIPS 140-3 in Splunk 10 with Nabeel Samad, Sr. Principal Software Engineer at Splunk. Staying ahead of compliance requirements is critical for organizations operating in regulated environments. With FIPS 140-2 set to expire in 2026, Splunk 10 introduces a “dual FIPS” mode for a smooth transition from FIPS 140-2 to FIPS 140-3. We’ll show you how to upgrade, discuss key challenges, and explore how Splunk’s Monitoring Console and Cloud Monitoring Console can help track fleet-wide compliance. Get a clear roadmap to future-proof your deployments and ensure continued compliance.  These sessions offer direct insights from Splunk Experts, providing invaluable guidance for your Splunk 10 journey.  Tech Talk On-Demand: Smarter, Faster, More Powerful!  For another excellent resource, make sure to watch the on-demand replay of our Tech Talk webinar: "Introducing Splunk 10.0: Smarter, Faster, and More Powerful Than Ever." This session provided an exclusive first look at the next evolution of Splunk Enterprise and Splunk Cloud Platform, detailing powerful new features designed to enhance data security and deliver unparalleled value. You can access the replay and review the Q&A from the live event here: Introducing Splunk 10.0: Smarter, Faster, and More Powerful Than Ever.  A Call to Action for App Developers!  Finally, a crucial reminder for our vibrant community of app developers: as Splunk 10 rolls out, please ensure the compatibility of your apps. Test your applications thoroughly and mark them as Splunk 10 compatible on Splunkbase to ensure a seamless experience for all users.  ... View more

Spotlight: The Splunk Health Assistant Add-On  The Splunk Health Assistant Add-On is your ultimate companion for upgrade readiness. Recently highlighted in this new blog post, this powerful tool helps Splunk Enterprise customers easily identify and address upgrade blockers. From assessing compatibility problems to providing actionable insights on your environment’s health, the Splunk Health Assistant Add-On simplifies the upgrade process, ensuring your transition to Splunk 10 is as smooth as possible.  Updates to Potential Breaking Changes  As with any major platform evolution, Splunk 10 introduces enhancements that might require action to maintain compatibility and performance. This Lantern article provides an ongoing summary of the breaking changes that we at Splunk anticipate in Splunk 10. We have continued to update the nature of these changes, affected customers, and mitigation strategies, including the following:  Changes to Supported CPU Architectures: Confirm that your hardware is aligned with the latest requirements to avoid disruptions.  Docker-Splunk Repository EULA User Acceptance: Ensure that your team is aware of and complies with the new end-user license agreement for Docker-Splunk.  Splunk Operator for Kubernetes EULA User Acceptance: Similar updates apply to Kubernetes users; acceptance of these agreements is essential.  Minimum OS Version Requirements: Verify that your operating system meets the updated minimum requirements to maintain compatibility.  These changes are designed to enhance security, streamline operations, and future-proof your Splunk environment, but early preparation is key.  Upcoming Events: Learn More and Get Support  Talk directly with our Splunk platform experts! We’ve created several opportunities for you to ask questions, Learn more about the new features, and get hands-on support for your upgrade to Splunk 10.   Splunk 10 Tech Talk  Thursday, August 21, 2025 | 11AM PDT / 2PM EDT  Join us for an exclusive first look at Splunk Enterprise 10.0 and Splunk Cloud Platform 10.0, where we’ll explore the platform’s exciting new features, breaking changes, and strategies to simplify your upgrade. Register now to reserve your spot and get the insights you need to make the most of this major release.  Community Office Hours: Splunk 10 Is Here  Thursday, October 2, 2025 | 1PM–2PM PT  Have questions about the upgrade process? Need expert guidance on breaking changes or upgrade readiness? This interactive session is your chance to connect with Splunk professionals and fellow community members to discuss all facets of Splunk 10. Sign up here to join the conversation and get real-time answers to your questions.  What’s Next?  Sign up  for the Splunk Enterprise beta to determine whether your Splunk environment and applications are compatible and prepared for an upgrade.    Stay tuned for the next installment in our blog series, where we’ll take a closer look at the powerful new features that Splunk 10 introduces. In the meantime, take advantage of the previously-linked resources, register for our events, and explore the Splunk Health Assistant Add-On to kickstart your upgrade journey. Remember, preparation is the key to mastering upgrade readiness and securing your future with Splunk 10!  ... View more

What has been announced?  In the blog, “Preparing your Splunk Environment for OpensSSL3,”we announced the transition of the Splunk platform to OpenSSL version 3 in a future release and unpacked how this affects your Splunk environment and apps.  What else should I know?  For complete information, we highly recommend that you consult the Lantern article “Preparing to upgrade from 9.x to the upcoming release of Splunk Enterprise and Splunk Cloud Platform.” This resource offers a comprehensive summary of anticipated breaking changes in the forthcoming release of Splunk Enterprise and Splunk Cloud Platform. It includes details of these changes and how they affect customers, as well as mitigation strategies. We will continually update this article to serve as a definitive reference and will provide specific release dates for the next Splunk platform upgrade as soon as they become available. Stay tuned!   We also encourage you to review the Community Office Hours session "Future Proofing your Splunk Apps: OpenSSL3 and More”, which was hosted on April 17, 2025. Check out the live recording, Q&A slide deck, and upcoming Office Hours.    What available tools can I use to help me?  We encourage you to explore the Splunk Health Assistant Add-On, available through Splunkbase. This tool supplements the Splunk Enterprise Monitoring Console with new validations, letting customers update the validation logic before upgrading their Splunk Enterprise deployment.   What can I do now?  Test and indicate your apps are Splunk 10 compatible. In addition, we highly recommend taking action early on any potential breaking changes that are applicable to your Splunk platform or apps to ensure a smooth update process.   As always, you’re invited to join the #office-hours Slack channel (you can join the channel AND the fun  here!). This is the perfect space to ask any follow-up questions related to recent content, and one of our experts will be delighted to assist you with their insights.  ... View more

For the second year in a row, Splunk was recognized as a Leader in the 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Observability Platforms. We’re proud of our strengths in delivering a unified solution for engineering, ITOps and Security, OpenTelemetry support, and robust SLO management process. In addition, we have been recognized as a Customers’ Choice vendor for 2024 in the Observability Platforms category on Gartner® Peer Insights™. This distinction is a recognition of vendors in this market based on feedback and ratings from 120 verified end users of our product as of December 2024. Overall, Splunk reviewers gave us a 4.6 out of 5 stars with 90% saying they would recommend our product. According to one reviewer, "Splunk Observability Cloud provides deep visibility into application behavior and overall system performance analytics. Overall, it has been a magnificent experience.” - IT Operations Manager, Education Industry (Read the Review) We believe we’ve proven ourselves as the vendor of choice for large enterprises, serving most of the Fortune 1000, because of our unmatched enterprise scalability, cost and access management, and full stack visibility. Now our observability portfolio, supercharged by Splunk AppDynamics, provides organizations with deeper business context, and broader coverage across both three-tier and microservices environments, for unified visibility across any environment and any stack. As the only vendor who’s been recognized as a Leader in both the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Observability (APM) and for Security (SIEM) and with our expanded capabilities, we believe it’s worth considering whether a move to Splunk from your current observability platform would be a better fit to help you build a leading observability practice and meet your organization’s goals for resilience and security. Is Your Observability Solution Strategically Aligned to Your Business Goals? Over the last decade, as organizations have undergone numerous digital transformations, we've seen teams struggle to navigate growing complexity and have learned some important lessons along the way. We’ve learned it's hard to move large data sets. We've learned that microservice-oriented architectures are harder to monitor because of the multitude of transient containers and horizontal dependencies. We've also learned that monitoring legacy on-prem workloads alongside ephemeral, cloud-based workloads and applications is complicated and hard to unify. We've learned that even if you can build systems to monitor and manage these challenges, it's hard to do so at a tenable cost. It’s becoming harder for teams to understand the impact of system changes on their business, and untangle and prevent failures in services that span across on-premises and cloud. This leaves teams resolving to retrofit inefficient solutions that require too much toil, innovation and growth slow, and customer experience and the business suffer. Furthermore, COVID and other events have trained business and retail consumers to depend on hosted applications more than ever before which, in turn, has increased the cost and reputation damage that results when an outage occurs. What You Need Versus What You’re Getting We’ve heard from customers that to meet the strategic priorities for their business, they need: End-to-end business visibility whether their services are cloud-based, hybrid or on-premises. Proactive incident detection and resolution so they can keep systems up and running. Flexible, scalable data and cost controls so they can maintain their observability standards as they grow. Coordination between security and observability tooling to know when and how to respond appropriately Visibility to the internet and services outside of their owned and managed footprint to effectively protect their business. Observability vendors such as New Relic are proving not to be ideal observability partners for organizations operating in hybrid environments trying to build resilient systems, increase the pace of innovation, and maintain competitive advantage. Their legacy batch collection architectures are too slow to detect and alert rapid cloud changes that occur in seconds. The isolated nature of disparate monitoring across different systems culminates in a disconnected user experience, and shortcomings with log ingestion, indexing, and search can lead to scaling challenges forcing users to choose between performance, coverage, and cost. Explore the Splunk vs. New Relic Technical Differences The observability industry is also seeing a plethora of new vendors with promises of "good enough" offerings that only address a portion of these challenges in addition to the evolving hosting, management, and technology standards. Some vendors' innovation velocity is slowing while concurrently becoming more expensive, which makes it harder to choose a long-term partner. Promises of consumption-only pricing are falling short of customer expectations as new pricing elements like compute pricing are added making it harder to predict future spending. Why Do Customers Choose Splunk Over New Relic? Only Splunk brings your ITOps, engineering, and security teams together with shared data, context, and workflows to understand how problems originating anywhere in your environment - across on-prem and cloud environments, as well as homegrown & third-party applications - impact both digital experience and your business. Our patented streaming architecture is purpose-built to deliver the responsiveness that ephemeral cloud offerings require with granular, one-second data collection and metrics ingestion that occurs every few seconds versus 60+ seconds on other platforms. Our near real-time visualizations and fast, scalable search ensure issues are reported in seconds regardless of how quickly they occurred. Plus, our best-in-class log file correlation, querying, and troubleshooting can ingest and index any human readable file so users can add context beyond metrics data sets they need to resolve issues and manage business expectations quickly. Start a Free 14-Day Observability Cloud Trial Splunk’s differentiators against New Relic deliver superior outcomes and enable tool consolidation and cost optimization for enterprise customers. Our simplified pricing provides a strong counter to the new New Relic pricing. Splunk offers flexible billing that scales with you, with one simple pricing metric and no punitive overages if your actual usage changes. Additionally, with the recent integration of AppDynamics into the Splunk Observability portfolio and our continued pace and commitment to innovation, our value to our customers is even stronger than ever. Request a Roadmap Session Today Soothing Your Migration Fears Don't go at it alone — we can help. Your success is our top priority, and we have proven migration pathways to help your teams quickly get up and running. Splunk offers a variety of support and professional services options that address your business needs and help you harness the value of Splunk. The Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice Badge, Gartner®, and Peer Insights™ are trademarks of Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates. 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