splunk-dynatrace

Splunk App & Add-On for Dynatrace

What's Needed?

• Downloads

  • Splunk Add-on for Dynatrace
  • Splunk App for Dynatrace

• Dynatrace Information Required

  • Dynatrace API base URL
  • Dynatrace API Authorization Token

Installation

The installation consists of creating a new index called "dynatrace" and then installing both the Dynatrace Add-on for Splunk and the Dynatrace App for Splunk.

• The Add-on is responsible for executing the rest API calls and collecting the data from Dynatrace.
• The App provides a collection of dashboards and saved searches.

To install, navigate to Apps --> Manage Apps and select the “Install app from File” button. Specify the location of the file you downloaded and install it.

Configuration

The Dynatrace Add-on for Splunk utilizes a Dynatrace account URL and API authorization token. Enter those values on the Create New Input tab in the Add-on.

From the Inputs menu, create new Input for the data you wish to collect.
Each Input requires 4 parameters:

• Input Name
• Pollling interval
• Splunk Index to use
• Your Dynatrace tenant URL
• Your Dynatrace API Key
• The Timeseries Metrics Input collects a pre-defined set of Dynatrace metrics

Start Searching

Once the Splunk Add-on for Dynatrace is installed and configured you can execute searches using any of the following searches:

sourcetype="dynatrace:metrics"
sourcetype="dynatrace:problem"
sourcetype="dynatrace:entity"
sourcetype="dynatrace:single-metric"

Notes

1. You will need to create a "dynatrace" index and ensure any users that need to view the data have the proper permissions. This includes any roles for ITSI such as "itoa_user" if you are using the APM Module of IT Service Intelligence.
2. If you use a different index name, you will have to modify the dashboards in the Dynatrace App for Splunk.

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