We are excited to announce the first cohort of the Splunk MVP program. Splunk MVPs are passionate members of the Splunk community that have shown consistent participation in at least one area of our community programs. The Splunk MVP program is one way the community team recognizes our star contributors, and it complements the SplunkTrust program, which has been in place for many years. The Splunk community is built upon the efforts of its members and the contributions they make to help their peers find success. We are always thankful for your contributions!   Starting with this cohort, Splunk will recognize community members twice a year based upon community program participation. This first cohort was selected based upon participation in the Splunk Answers forums and our top Splunk User Group leaders, and we are adding additional sources for Splunk MVP recognition from our other community programs in upcoming selection rounds.   How do I become a Splunk MVP? Chances are, you’re already well on your way! Splunk MVP selection will focus on community contributions, prioritizing engagement and support, in whatever areas you might be most passionate about. Do you love answering questions about Splunk SOAR in Splunk Answers? That’s one way! Driving fabulous engagement as a leader of your Splunk User Group? That’s another way! Rockin’ out the Slack contributions? Yep, that could definitely score you an invite! Are you contributing some amazing technical content to our community blogs? Yep, even that. The beauty of this tier is that it can help recognize stand-out contributions in even a single area. Twice each year, we’ll review your contributions alongside specific selection criteria (sorry, the specifics are secret to help avert gaming the system!), and we’ll send special invitations to community members that qualify.    Introducing our first cohort of Splunk MVPs: Thank you to the following people for your Splunk community contributions. Our programs are built around your knowledge of Splunk, domain expertise, and passion to help your peers find success:   Brett Adams Ryan Adler Gareth Anderson Michael Bentley John Billings Johnny Blizard Steven Bochniewicz Mika Borner Antony Bowesman Doug Brown Becky Burwell Shawn Cannon Suat Celikok Siddhartha Chakraborty Douglas Clendening Mary Cordova Aleem Cummins Giuseppe Cusello Kamil Damuc Dustin Eastman Eric Favreau Mhike Funderburk Suman Gajavelly Rich Galloway Lakshmanan Ganesan Javier Garcia Nieva Alain Giammarinaro Adam Gold Björn Hansen Dustin Hoffmann Oliver Hoppe John Huang Vatsal Jagani Dal Jeanis Rohit Joshi Nancy Kafer Pavan Kalyan Chris Kaye Steve Koelpin Greg Kollias Tom Kopchak Matthias Kowalewski Mariusz Kruk Charles Kuykendall Yuan Liu Alex Lu Robert Lynch Rich Mahlerwein Nick Mealy Manjunath Meti Madison Moss Martin Müller Renjith Nair Shivansh Nautiyal Christopher Owen Cary Petterborg Nate Plamondon Ryan Plas Gregory Rivas Shawn Routhier Trevor Scroggins Nadine Shillingford David Shpritz Diogo Silva Michael Simko Kulwinder Singh Kyle Smith Somesh Soni Ismo Soutamo Daniel Spavin Vijay Sri S George Starcher Sekar Sundaram Balaji Thambisetty Andrew Trobec Matt Uebel Michael Uschmann Kamlesh Vaghela Dominique Vocat Duane Waddle Colby Williams Tom Wise Yutaka Yamada Srikanth Yarlagadda Chris Younger Andre Zeemering   To those who aspire to be an MVP, keep up the good work! Remember, there are many ways to contribute and make an impact in the Splunk community, and we want to recognize the diverse talents and skills of our members. We look forward to recognizing more members twice a year.    Congratulations once again to the first cohort of Splunk MVPs. ... View more

Announcing Splunk User Groups: Plugged-In For over a decade Splunk User Groups have helped their local Splunk users find success and provide networking opportunities for the attendees. We are excited to announce a new program for 2023:  Splunk User Groups: Plugged-In. Connect with your local community and Splunk experts, charge up your Splunk knowledge, and share your valuable experience with your peers! The Plugged-In program allows user group leaders to hold a bespoke event experience fully sponsored by Splunk. We want to help our user group leaders solve the common challenges they have, such as sourcing technical content and growing their chapter membership. Splunk User Group leaders will be holding Plugged-In events throughout 2023, and we don’t want you to miss out on any of the great content and fun!  It doesn’t matter if you’re new to Splunk or a veteran, we will partner with leaders of qualified user groups to create an event for you. Keep an eye out for any upcoming Plugged-In events with the Splunk user group chapters of which you are a member.   When will a Plugged-In user group event happen near me? Become a member of your local Splunk user group to be notified of any events, including any upcoming Plugged-In events. Will these be in-person, virtual, or hybrid events?  A Plugged-In event could be either of these. Your user group leader will partner with the Splunk Community Team to create a great event for your chapter. Why should I join my local Splunk User Group? Because they’re fun! Splunk User Groups provide geo-based options for you to connect with peers, learn the latest technologies, and dive deep into all-things-Splunk. Members come from all kinds of industries, companies, and backgrounds, ranging from novice to expert levels. Connect with others in your local Splunk community to collaborate and share ideas!     Questions? Contact the Splunk Community Team at usergroups@splunk.com ... View more

Hey Splunk Community, Starting today, the community platform may prompt you to participate in a survey. The survey is all about your experience with community.splunk.com. We are launching the survey to better understand how valuable a resource the community platform is to Splunk users. Your responses will help us identify opportunities to improve the community platform experience. If the survey appears for you, please take a few moments to complete it. We truly appreciate all feedback. Please keep in mind that the survey will appear only on occasion. After completing the survey, you should not see it again for at least a month. If you frequently clear cookies from your browser, the poll may appear more often than usual as it's cookie-based. If you have any questions or comments, please respond to this post. Thank you for being a part of the Splunk community! The Splunk Community Team ... View more

TL;DR - We are recognizing your growing contributions and leadership in our community with a new MVP program alongside the SplunkTrust. We are delighted to announce the launch of our new Splunk Community MVPs program, which will sit alongside our existing SplunkTrust program. The SplunkTrust will always recognize the best, set the highest standard, and be our most elite MVP-style program, recognizing our top contributors across all community areas; our new Splunk Community MVPs will join our MVP programs to recognize and reward a broader collection of top contributors in each community area. Once upon a time, there was a fez. And the fez was brilliant; the fez was inspiring; the fez represented our SplunkTrust… our most esteemed and most contributing community leaders. The first cohort of 22 members were inducted at .conf2015, and the most recent cohort of 69 members were inducted at .conf21. We are proud to continue to recognize and reward our highest and most esteemed community of valuable contributors with our SplunkTrust program, and the fez will always signify these members across our community spaces. With all respect and praise to the fez… when we look across these programs and spaces, we can’t help but notice hundreds of community members standing out and stepping up. The fact is, our Splunk Community has grown and flourished in so many fabulous ways. In just the last two years, we’ve launched a new technology platform for Community, a new platform for User Groups, and welcomed the Community Slack workspace (finally!) into the fold of official programs. Splunk has also continued its own meteoric rise and growth with new products, new solutions, and even new companies as part of the growing family. And so it makes sense that we’ve seen thousands of new customers and new community members join our programs in recent years. Amidst all of the growth - across Splunk and across our Splunk Community - we  wanted to say that… WE SEE YOU! We see SO many of you posting, engaging, solving, and contributing in even more diverse and numerous ways. In fact, YOUR growth has been so tremendous that we feel we simply must recognize and reward even more of you for this! So while our SplunkTrust will always remain as our most elite program, we’re so stoked to have it be joined by this new one, welcoming and recognizing so many more. How do I become a Splunk Community MVP? Chances are, you’re already well on your way! This program looks across all areas of community contributions, prioritizing engagement and support, in whatever areas you might be most passionate about. Do you love answering questions about Splunk SOAR in Splunk Answers? That’s one way! Driving fabulous engagement in your Splunk User Group? That’s another way! Rockin’ out the Slack contributions? Yep, that could definitely score you an invite! Are you contributing some amazing technical content in our blogs and Tech Talks? Yep, even that. The beauty of this tier is that it can help recognize stand-out contributions in even a single area, and it will recognize hundreds of members overall. Twice each year, we’ll review these kinds of contributions alongside specific selection criteria (sorry, the specifics are secret to help avert gaming the system!), and we’ll send special invitations to community members that qualify. What are the perks and responsibilities as a Splunk Community MVP? Why should I say “yes”? As an MVP, the expectations are few, and the rewards are many. First, if invited, we hope you’ll continue engaging in the ways you have been or look to grow them even more. We want to provide you the limelight and recognition with a special community badge, upgraded permissions, featured content contributions, and of course… some rad swag. We ask that MVPs continue to be culture carriers of our Splunk community ideals, lead by example to bolster the community, and participate in advocacy opportunities to highlight their successes with Splunk. Benefits Asks Public recognition with your MVP badge Upgraded community permissions Inclusion in our private MVP community areas Featured contributions in community blogs  Educational perks and learning opportunities MVP sneak peeks for product news & more And of course... AWESOME SWAG! Keep doing what you're doing! (Contribute and lead by example!) Attend at least one quarterly MVP meeting (or watch the recap) every six months Participate in one Splunk Love advocacy activity every six months    Keep engaging and keep an eye on your inbox! Again, participation is totally optional, but if you meet the criteria and receive an invite, and if you want to join the program, we’d love to have you! So keep up the great community engagement, and you might receive that special invitation very soon. We can’t wait to introduce you to our first group of Splunk Community MVPs! -- Jason Hupka (a.k.a. "snooplogg"), Sr. Community Trust & MVP Manager ... View more

tl;dr: SplunkTrust Nominations and Applications are open now through Aug 25th! Nominate a peer for the SplunkTrust with this form; and/or apply for your own spot with this form. It’s That Time of Year! Knowledge is great... but helping is even better! Are you a rock-star-helper-outer in our community? Or have you seen a few exemplary members helping others? Now is the time to recognize and reward our most helpful and contributing community members by considering them for our SplunkTrust MVP program.  Nominating Someone for the SplunkTrust... Annually since 2015, Splunk has selected exemplary members of the Splunk community to join the SplunkTrust. Any community member can nominate their peers for selection in the program, and community members may also apply for a spot themselves.   What makes a great submission? We’re not looking for people who know the most about Splunk; we already have training and certifications to reflect that knowledge. We look for people who are passionate about helping their peers be successful using whatever Splunk & domain knowledge they have.  If you know of someone who represents these values, use this form to nominate them. We’ll make sure any nominees have an opportunity to apply before the deadline. In your nomination, be sure to tell us how they have helped you, or others, to be successful, and other community-supporting accomplishments.  Applying for the SplunkTrust... Do you feel you fit these values? Or were you recently nominated and want to formally apply? Let us know by using this form to apply yourself. Tell us about yourself, your community-focused accomplishments, and encourage your peers to submit nominations on your behalf. We love celebrating the exceptional members of our Splunk community.     About the Selection Process This year's SplunkTrust selection process will include four phases:  1. Submission, 2. Analysis, 3. Hammer Fight, and 4. Induction. 1. Submission Each candidate, whether nominated by someone else or applying themselves, must complete their own application. We plan to accept applications through Wednesday, August 25th, 2021. There are no limits to how many nominations you can submit, and there are no limits on the quantity of applications we will consider. So nominate often!  2. Analysis We'll compile all applications and enrich them with data from various community platforms and programs (Splunk Answers, User Groups, Community Slack, and more). We also ask existing members to help rate applicants,  and all of this information is provided to the members involved in Hammer Fight so they may review applicants prior to the final selection. 3. Hammer Fight Over a dozen Splunk employees gather for an hours-long meeting to discuss all of the applicants and determine the new SplunkTrust cohorts. Hammer Fight is the colloquial name given to this final selection process. We don’t recall exactly when the name Hammer Fight became associated with this, and there are no hammers or fighting actually involved in the process 😀.   4. Induction Last, and most excitedly, is notifying and welcoming next year's cohorts. Selected members will be notified mid-September of their status. At .conf21 we will have an induction ceremony to welcome the members of the SplunkTrust and provide them with a fez. Selected members do not need to attend .conf21 in-person or virtually. So... you have a few short weeks to nominate your peers or apply yourself, and I really hope you do both! Because the only thing better than being an exemplary, passionate, and helpful member of our community is doing it in a stylish new fez! In Fez We Trust, Jason Hupka, Sr. Manager and Principal Trust Wrangler P.S. Questions are welcome! Just comment below! Here are a few of the more common questions I hear... FAQ I’m a Splunk expert, so can I be on the SplunkTrust? Remember, selection is not based on what you know, but how you help others with whatever you know. I am already a SplunkTrust member. Do I need to re-apply? Yes - the SplunkTrust cohort is selected annually so you must re-apply Do I need to attend .conf21 if I am selected for the SplunkTrust? No - you do not need to attend .conf21 if selected. We do have an induction ceremony at the conference, but you do not need to be present to accept the honor. What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow? African or European? How many SplunkTrust members do you select? We do not have a set number of membership slots for the program. When will I know if I have been selected for the SplunkTrust? We plan to notify all applicants the week of September 16th, 2021 of their status.   ... View more

Has anyone ran Splunk on an Intel Compute Stick like the CS125? How does it perform versus the CS325 or CS525? I'm curious to hear any stories from the trenches on how a Search Head or Universal Forwarder worked on them. Thanks! 🙂 ... View more