Workshop Setup
Welcome to the Observability Workshop Setup Guide #
This guide will walk you through the steps required to set up your workshop environments in Splunk Observability Cloud. Whether you’re using a pre-configured organization or setting up a trial, this guide has you covered.
Splunk4Rookies - Observability Cloud Workshop Presentation #
The official workshop presentation is available on the Cisco Sharepoint . Use this resource to guide your workshop participants through the material.
Provided Organizations (For Splunk Employees Only) #
If you’re a Splunk employee, you can use the following pre-configured organizations to run Observability Workshops. These organizations have all the necessary features enabled to support any of the available workshops:
- Available Workshop Organizations
Blocked Organizations #
The following organizations are blocked and cannot be used for running workshops:
- EU Splunk Show (EU0)
- US Splunk Show (US1)
- Show Playground (US1)
Trial Organizations #
If you’re not using a pre-configured organization, you can create a workshop environment in any trial organization. A default trial provides the following resources per month:
- 25 hosts
- 25 APM hosts
- 25 x 10k RUM sessions
Limitations in Trial Orgs #
The following feature is not available in trial organizations by default and must be enabled:
- Synthetic Monitoring
Splunk Cloud/Enterprise Requirements #
To send logs to Splunk Observability Cloud, you’ll need access to a Splunk Cloud or Splunk Enterprise environment. Ensure the following:
- An index named splunk4rookies-workshop exists in your Splunk environment.
- Log Observer Connect is configured. If you’re using Splunk Enterprise or Splunk Cloud Platform, follow the Log Observer Connect setup instructions .
Trial Org Configuration #
For new trial organizations, you’ll also need to complete the steps outlined in the Trial Org Configuration section.