Splunk Integration

About Splunk Observability Cloud

Splunk Observability Cloud is a real-time observability platform purpose-built for monitoring metrics, traces, and logs at scale. It ingests OpenTelemetry data and provides advanced dashboards and analytics to help teams detect and resolve performance issues quickly. This section explains how to integrate ThousandEyes data with Splunk Observability Cloud using OpenTelemetry.

Step 1: Create a Splunk Observability Cloud Access Token

To send data to Splunk Observability Cloud, you need an access token. Follow these steps:

1. In the Splunk Observability Cloud platform, go to Settings > Access Token
2. Click Create Token
3. Enter a Name
4. Select Ingest scope
5. Select Create to generate your access token
6. Copy the access token and store it securely

You need the access token to send telemetry data to Splunk Observability Cloud.

Step 2: Create an Integration

Using the ThousandEyes UI

To integrate Splunk Observability Cloud with ThousandEyes:

1. Log in to your account on the ThousandEyes platform and go to Manage > Integration > Integration 1.0

2. Click New Integration and select OpenTelemetry Integration

   

3. Enter a Name for the integration

4. Set the Target to HTTP

5. Enter the Endpoint URL: https://ingest.{REALM}.signalfx.com/v2/datapoint/otlp

   • Replace {REALM} with your Splunk environment (e.g., us1, eu0)

6. For Preset Configuration, select Splunk Observability Cloud

7. For Auth Type, select Custom

8. Add the following Custom Headers:

   • X-SF-Token: {TOKEN} (Enter your Splunk Observability Cloud access token created in Step 1)
   • Content-Type: application/x-protobuf

9. For OpenTelemetry Signal, select Metric

10. For Data Model Version, select v2

11. Select a test

12. Click Save to complete the integration setup

You have now successfully integrated your ThousandEyes data with Splunk Observability Cloud.

Using the ThousandEyes API

For a programmatic integration, use the following API commands:

HTTP Protocol

curl -v -XPOST https://api.thousandeyes.com/v7/stream \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $BEARER_TOKEN" \
  -d '{
    "type": "opentelemetry",
    "testMatch": [{
      "id": "281474976717575",
      "domain": "cea"
    }],
    "endpointType": "http",
    "streamEndpointUrl": "https://ingest.{REALM}.signalfx.com:443/v2/datapoint/otlp",
    "customHeaders": {
      "X-SF-Token": "{TOKEN}",
      "Content-Type": "application/x-protobuf"
    }
  }'

gRPC Protocol

curl -v -XPOST https://api.thousandeyes.com/v7/stream \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $BEARER_TOKEN" \
  -d '{
    "type": "opentelemetry",
    "testMatch": [{
      "id": "281474976717575",
      "domain": "cea"
    }],
    "endpointType": "grpc",
    "streamEndpointUrl": "https://ingest.{REALM}.signalfx.com:443",
    "customHeaders": {
      "X-SF-Token": "{TOKEN}",
      "Content-Type": "application/x-protobuf"
    }
  }'

Replace streamEndpointUrl and X-SF-Token values with the correct values for your Splunk Observability Cloud instance.

Step 3: ThousandEyes Dashboard in Splunk Observability Cloud

Once the integration is set up, you can view real-time monitoring data in the ThousandEyes Network Monitoring Dashboard within Splunk Observability Cloud. The dashboard includes:

• HTTP Server Availability (%): Displays the availability of monitored HTTP servers
• HTTP Throughput (bytes/s): Shows the data transfer rate over time
• Client Request Duration (seconds): Measures the latency of client requests
• Web Page Load Completion (%): Indicates the percentage of successful page loads
• Page Load Duration (seconds): Displays the time taken to load pages

Dashboard Template

You can download the dashboard template from the following link: Download ThousandEyes Splunk Observability Cloud dashboard template (Google Drive).