Configure Kubernetes inputs for Splunk Add-on for Google Cloud Platform¶

Configure Kubernetes inputs for Splunk Add-on for Google Cloud Platform using Splunk Web or via configuration file, using the information in the inputs parameters table below.

Configure Kubernetes inputs using the Splunk Web¶

Click Create New Input in the Inputs tab, and then choose Resource Metadata, and then choose Kubernetes.
Enter the Name, Credentials, Project, Location, APIs with suitable intervals, Index, and Sourcetype using the information in the inputs parameter table.
Save your changes.

Do not navigate to the Splunk Add-on for Google Cloud Platform configuration page at Settings, then Data Inputs to configure Google Cloud Platform inputs. This page is not supported for this type of input.

Configure Kubernetes inputs using configuration file¶

Create a file named google_cloud_resource_metadata_inputs_kubernetes.conf under $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/apps/Splunk_TA_google-cloudplatform/local.
Create stanzas using the following template. See the google_cloud_resource_metadata_inputs_kubernetes.conf.spec file in $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/apps/Splunk_TA_google-cloudplatform/README for reference.
```
[<name>]
google_apis= <value>
google_credentials_name = <value>
google_project = <value>
location_name = <value>
index = <value>
sourcetype = <value>
```
3. Save and return to your Splunk instance.

Restart your Splunk platform after making changes to configuration (.conf) files.

Input Parameters¶

Each attribute in the following table corresponds to a field in Splunk Web.

Attribute	Corresponding field in Splunk Web	Description
`name`	Name	Enter a unique name of the Kubernetes input.
`google_credentials_name`	Credentials	The stanza name defined in `google_cloud_credentials.conf`
`google_project`	Project	Google project ID
`location_name`	Location	Supported Google Cloud Platform location. This parameter is optional. If no location is selected then data will be collected for all supported locations.
`google_apis`	APIs	Resources of Kubernetes.
`index`	Index	The index in which Google Cloud Platform data should be stored.
`sourcetype`	Sourcetype	Name of the sourcetype.