Steadybit extension-splunk

A Steadybit extension to integrate Splunk Observability Cloud into Steadybit.

Learn about the capabilities of this extension in our Reliability Hub.

Prerequisites

You need to have a Splunk Organization ingest token. The token must have the following permissions:

• ingest custom events
• read from splunk observability cloud api

Configuration

Environment Variable	Helm value	Meaning	Required	Default
STEADYBIT_EXTENSION_ACCESS_TOKEN	splunk.accessToken	The access token needed to access your splunk observability cloud api and ingest custom events.	Yes
STEADYBIT_EXTENSION_API_BASE_URL	splunk.apiBaseUrl	The api url for Splunk Observability Cloud, for example https://app.{realm}.signalfx.com/	Yes
STEADYBIT_EXTENSION_INGEST_BASE_URL	splunk.ingestBaseUrl	The ingest url for Splunk Observability Cloud, for example https://ingest.{realm}.signalfx.com/	Yes
STEADYBIT_EXTENSION_DISCOVERY_ATTRIBUTES_EXCLUDES_DETECTOR	discovery.attributes.excludes.detector	List of Detector Attributes which will be excluded during discovery. Checked by key equality and supporting trailing "*"	No

The extension supports all environment variables provided by steadybit/extension-kit.

Installation

Kubernetes

Detailed information about agent and extension installation in kubernetes can also be found in our documentation.

Recommended (via agent helm chart)

All extensions provide a helm chart that is also integrated in the helm-chart of the agent.

You must provide additional values to activate this extension.

--set extension-splunk.enabled=true \

Additional configuration options can be found in the helm-chart of the extension.

Alternative (via own helm chart)

If you need more control, you can install the extension via its dedicated helm-chart.

helm repo add steadybit-extension-splunk https://steadybit.github.io/extension-splunk
helm repo update
helm upgrade steadybit-extension-splunk \
    --install \
    --wait \
    --timeout 5m0s \
    --create-namespace \
    --namespace steadybit-agent \
    steadybit-extension-splunk/steadybit-extension-splunk

Linux Package

Please use our agent-linux.sh script to install the extension on your Linux machine. The script will download the latest version of the extension and install it using the package manager.

After installing, configure the extension by editing /etc/steadybit/extension-splunk and then restart the service.

Extension registration

Make sure that the extension is registered with the agent. In most cases this is done automatically. Please refer to the documentation for more information about extension registration and how to verify.

Version and Revision

The version and revision of the extension:

• are printed during the startup of the extension
• are added as a Docker label to the image
• are available via the version.txt/revision.txt files in the root of the image