Splunk metrics via telegraf
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The document discusses a Splunk user group meeting about using Telegraf to monitor metrics. The agenda includes an introduction to Telegraf architecture, how to connect Telegraf with Splunk, deploying Telegraf, and analyzing metrics with Splunk. Attendees are encouraged to join the Slack channel and ask questions during the session, and the slides and recording will later be posted online.
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Splunk metrics via telegraf
- 1. Splunk Mumbai User Group Join splunk_mumbai_usergroup on Slack Use _mumbai_usergroup for Q&A during session. Please keep your line muted . Questions/doubts to be entered in conversation. Slides, Recording and Feedback form will be posted on the Event Page after the session. https://usergroups.splunk.com/mumbai-splunk-user-group/ 1
- 2. Agenda 1. Introduction 2. Why Metrics? 3. Telegraf Architecture 4. Connecting Telegraf with Splunk 5. Deployability 6. Metric Analytics 7. Q&A 2
- 3. • 2+ years of Splunk experience • Senior Analyst at Avotrix • Enterprise Security, ITSI, Phantom & UBA • Web Developer • Creating Blogs, Youtube Videos & many more About me ! 3
- 4. Introduction to Mumbai User Group 4
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- 9. 2000x Splunk now handles metrics in its native, lightweight format which directly contributes to providing 2000x performance increases over traditional log queries. 9
- 10. Logs vs Metrics • Unstructured data • Text based • Scaling can be costly • Needle in the haystack • Proactive monitoring, alerting • Great for anomaly detection trending • Structured data • Numeric based • Cost Efficient Scaling • Best way to observe a process/device • Reactive • Great for forensics analysis 10
- 11. Metric Data Format metric_type, _dims, host, index, sourcetype and source are the by default internal fields and are not directly writable Ref: https://conf.splunk.com/files/2019/slides/FN2268.pdf 11
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- 14. Telegraf Architecture write metrics to various destinations create aggregate metrics (e.g. mean, min, max, quantiles, etc.) transform, decorate, and/or filter metrics collect metrics from the system, services, or 3rd party APIs INPUT PROCESSORS OUTPUT AGGREGATORS 14
- 15. Connecting Telegraf with Splunk 15
- 16. Deployability 16
- 17. Standalone Deployment •NO additional Splunk components required •Very small memory and processor resource requirements •Talks directly to the HEC •Allows for centralized management of metrics collectors from other tools (Ansible, Puppet, etc.) Sidecar Deployment Telegraf is installed alongside a universal or heavy forwarder Splunk is configured to read the file that Telegraf outputs Allows Splunk admins to administer System in real-time Splunk has a monitor the output file that Telegraf generates Splunk Application Deployment Telegraf is installed on a Universal or Heavy forwarder by a deployment server Uses the Splunk forwarder’s already configured outputs to ingest the data from Telegraf Scripted input controls Telegraf’s configuration file Splunk starts Telegraf and ensures it continues to run 17
- 19. 1. Analytics workspace to quickly visualize, aggregate, and analyze any indexed metric 2. Support for multiple dimensions allows easy grouping and filtering 3. Easy export your workspace content to XML dashboard or a new dashboard in the Dashboards app (beta) 4. Enhanced Alerting by using chart data and trigger when search results meet specific conditions. 19
- 20. Operating system monitoring with telegraf The Splunk application for OS monitoring with Telegraf leverages the Influxdata Telegraf agent to provide key layer Operating System monitoring for Windows and Linux, ingested in the high performance Splunk metric store. Ref: https://splunkbase.splunk.com/app/4271/ 20
- 21. Q&A 21
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