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34 workshops · 5 categories

Splunk4Rookies

3 workshops

New to Splunk Observability Cloud? Start here. These short, guided workshops take you end-to-end through the platform without assuming any prior experience.

Observability Cloud (1 hour)Updated The condensed version. Hands-on troubleshooting against a fully instrumented Kubernetes microservices app — the essential Splunk Observability Cloud experience in an hour. Updated 5 days ago Observability Cloud (3 hours)Updated Three hours, hands-on. Explore the full Splunk Observability Cloud platform end-to-end against a live microservices app and see the features that differentiate it from other observability tools. Updated 5 days ago Finserv Observability CloudUpdated For financial services teams. See how Splunk Observability Cloud delivers real-time visibility across the FSI digital ecosystem in a 30-minute hands-on session. Updated 1w ago

Ninja Workshops

17 workshops

Already comfortable with Splunk Observability Cloud? Go deeper. These advanced workshops dive into auto-discovery, AI-assisted troubleshooting, OpenTelemetry internals, and ingest processing.

PetClinic Monolith WorkshopUpdated Hands-on workshop demonstrating Splunk Observability Cloud's automatic discovery and configuration capabilities for Java applications using the Spring PetClinic sample application. Updated 1w ago PetClinic Kubernetes WorkshopUpdated Learn how to enable automatic discovery and configuration for your Java-based application running in Kubernetes. Experience real-time monitoring to help you maximize application behavior with end-to-end visibility. Updated 1w ago OpenTelemetry Collector ConceptsUpdated Learn the concepts of the OpenTelemetry Collector and how to use it to send data to Splunk Observability Cloud. Updated 1w ago Advanced OpenTelemetry CollectorUpdated Practice setting up the OpenTelemetry Collector configuration from scratch and go though several advanced configuration scenarios's. Updated 1w ago Dashboard WorkshopUpdated Build custom dashboards in Splunk Observability Cloud — charts, filters, analytical functions, and SignalFlow formulas. Updated 1w ago Solving Problems with O11y CloudUpdated Deploy the OpenTelemetry Collector, instrument an app, and use Troubleshooting MetricSets and Tag Spotlight to pinpoint the root cause of performance issues. Updated 1w ago Splunk Synthetic ScriptingUpdated Proactively find and fix performance issues across user flows, business transactions and APIs to deliver better digital experiences. Updated 3 days ago Lambda TracingUpdated Build a distributed trace across an AWS Lambda producer and consumer connected by an AWS Kinesis stream. Updated 1w ago Hands-On OpenTelemetry, Docker, and K8sUpdated Instrument a .NET app with OpenTelemetry, containerize with Docker, deploy to Kubernetes, and configure the OTel Collector via Helm. Updated 1w ago Zero-Code APM with OBIUpdated Add full distributed tracing to apps with zero code changes using OpenTelemetry eBPF Instrumentation, streaming telemetry to Splunk Observability Cloud. Updated 1w ago Horizontal Pod AutoscalingUpdated Monitor Kubernetes HPA with the Splunk OpenTelemetry Collector — watch scale-up and scale-down events as they happen. Updated 1w ago Monitoring Cisco AI Pods with Splunk Observability CloudUpdated Deploy the OpenTelemetry Collector on Red Hat OpenShift to scrape Cisco AI Pod metrics via Prometheus, and trace the Python services calling LLMs. Updated 1w ago Splunk4Ninjas AppDynamicsUpdated Full-stack AppDynamics walkthrough — Java APM, server visibility, browser RUM, database monitoring, and Business iQ analytics. Updated 1w ago AppD Dual IngestUpdated Stream APM data from a single AppDynamics Java Agent into both AppDynamics and Splunk Observability Cloud, then link the two with global data links. Updated 1w ago Monitoring Agentic AI Applications with Splunk Observability CloudUpdated Instrument a LangChain-based agentic AI app with OpenTelemetry and use Splunk Observability Cloud to surface quality issues and AI security risks. Updated 1w ago Ingest Processor for Observability CloudUpdated Use Splunk Ingest Processor to turn high-volume logs into metrics — cutting cost and MTTD while keeping the signal. Updated 1w ago Alerting and Monitoring with Splunk IT Service IntelligenceUpdated Combine Splunk Enterprise, AppDynamics, Observability Cloud, and ITSI for end-to-end alerting and service-level monitoring — from basic alerts to detector-driven ITSI episodes. Updated 1w ago

Scenarios

6 workshops

Real-world scenarios that map Splunk Observability Cloud to specific jobs to be done — debugging microservices, optimizing cloud monitoring, improving end-user experience, and correlating network events.

Optimize Cloud MonitoringUpdated For ITOps teams on hybrid cloud — standardize collection with OpenTelemetry, reuse dashboards and alerts across teams, and correlate metrics with logs to cut MTTR. Updated 1w ago Debug Problems in MicroservicesUpdated Trace, profile, and tag your way to root cause when planned or unplanned changes break a microservices application. Updated 1w ago Optimize End User ExperiencesUpdated Combine Splunk RUM and Synthetics to measure real-user performance, run proactive tests, and alert on the frontend KPIs that matter. Updated 1w ago ThousandEyes IntegrationUpdated Run a ThousandEyes Enterprise Agent in Kubernetes, stream synthetics into Splunk Observability Cloud, and pivot between ThousandEyes tests and Splunk APM traces. Updated 1w ago Isovalent Splunk Observability IntegrationUpdated Stream eBPF network and runtime signals from Cilium, Hubble, and Tetragon on EKS into Splunk Observability Cloud — including a Hubble-driven DNS investigation. Updated 1w ago Network Event IntelligenceUpdated Correlate Cisco Catalyst Center and SolarWinds events in Splunk ITSI to cut alert noise and surface the business impact of network incidents. Updated 1w ago

Resources

4 workshops

Concepts, conventions, and FAQs to help you get more out of Splunk Observability Cloud.

Dimension, Properties and TagsUpdated How dimensions and properties differ — and when to reach for each. Updated 1w ago OpenTelemetry TaggingUpdated A naming convention and governance pattern for OpenTelemetry tags in large-scale deployments. Updated 1w ago Splunk Arcade - Play, Learn & Observe!Updated Retro-arcade-styled mini-games that teach real-world observability skills. Updated 1w ago Local HostingUpdated Spin up a complete workshop environment on your own machine. Updated 1w ago

Unsupported Field Workshops

4 workshops

Hands-on workshops authored by Splunk field engineers. Community-maintained rather than officially supported — useful, deep, and covering products from APM and IM to OnCall and Lambda tracing.

Splunk IM Splunk delivers real-time monitoring and troubleshooting to help you maximize infrastructure performance with complete visibility. Updated 1y ago NodeJS Zero-Config Workshop A workshop using Zero Configuration Auto-Instrumentation for NodeJS. Updated 1y ago GDI (OTel & UF) Learn how to get data into Splunk Observability Cloud with OpenTelemetry and the Splunk Universal Forwarder. Updated 1y ago Splunk OnCall Make expensive service outages a thing of the past. Remediate issues faster, reduce on-call burnout and keep your services up and running. Updated 1y ago