Proactively test with Synthetics
In this section, you will learn how to use Splunk Synthetics to monitor the performance and availability of your applications.
Persona
Putting your SRE hat back on, you have been asked to set up monitoring for the Astronomy Shop. You need to ensure that the application is available and performing well 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Info
Wouldn’t it be great if we could have 24/7 monitoring of our application, and be alerted when there is a problem? This is where Synthetics comes in. We will show you a simple test that runs every 5 minutes and checks the performance and availability of a typical user journey through the Astronomy Shop.
Bill Grant
Available
Today • 28/01/2026
RC
Robert Castley
09:42
Hey, Bill, now that we’ve resolved the
payment service issue, I think we should set up some monitoring to ensure we catch any future issues before they impact our customers.RC
Robert Castley
09:43
I suggest we use Synthetics to set up a test that runs every five minutes and checks the performance and availability of a typical user journey through the Astronomy Shop. This way, we can be alerted immediately if there are any issues.