Log Observer

Up until this point, there have been no code changes, yet tracing, profiling and Database Query Performance data is being sent to Splunk Observability Cloud.

Next we will add the Splunk Log Observer to the mix to obtain log data from the Spring PetClinic application.

This change will update the configuration of logback in the Spring PetClinic application. This will allow the automatic discovery and configuration to add OpenTelemetry relevant information into the logs.

The Splunk Log Observer is then used to view the logs and with the changes to the log format the platform can automatically correlate log information with services and traces.

This feature is called Related Content.