Advanced Synthetics

30 minutes  

Introduction

This workshop walks you through using the Chrome DevTools Recorder to create a synthetic test on a Splunk demonstration environment or on your own public website.

The exported JSON from the Chrome DevTools Recorder will then be used to create a Splunk Synthetic Monitoring Real Browser Test.

Pre-requisites

  • Google Chrome Browser installed
  • Publicly browser-accessible URL
  • Access to Splunk Observability Cloud

Supporting resources

  1. Lantern: advanced Selectors for multi-step browser tests
  2. Chrome for Developers DevTools Tips
  3. web.dev Core Web Vitals reference