Ingesting Application Metrics in Splunk Observability Cloud
Duration : 1 Day (8 Hours)
Ingesting Application Metrics in Splunk Observability Cloud Course Overview:
This course, designed for developers, focuses on the creation of custom metrics for monitoring applications and services using Splunk Observability Cloud. Participants will learn how to instrument applications and services to send in custom metrics that provide insights into the behavior of their application or service. This includes defining relevant metadata for these metrics to enable effective searching, filtering, and aggregation. Additionally, attendees will discover how to create charts and custom dashboards to visualize these custom metrics and set up detectors to monitor these metrics and trigger alerts when issues arise with the application or service.
Prerequisites for this course include having completed the “Fundamentals of Metrics Monitoring in Splunk Observability Cloud” course.
The course covers these concepts and allows participants to apply their knowledge through discussions and hands-on activities.
Intended Audience:
- Developers
- Those responsible for monitoring applications or services
- Individuals who have completed the “Fundamentals of Metrics Monitoring in Splunk Observability Cloud” course
- People familiar with using REST APIs and capable of using cURL
- Anyone looking to learn how to create and manage custom metrics for monitoring applications or services in Splunk Observability Cloud.
Learning Objectives of Ingesting Application Metrics in Splunk Observability Cloud:
- Setting the Foundation
- Sending Application Metrics
- Sending Custom Events to Observability Cloud
- Managing Metadata
Topic 1 – Setting the Foundation
- Identify components of the Metrics data model.
- Discuss the use case for sending in application metrics.
- Distinguish between authentication tokens.
Topic 2 – Ingesting Application Metrics
- Send datapoints using the REST API.
- Send metrics from your application using a Client library.
- Use the backfill API.
Topic 3 – Sending Custom Events to Observability Cloud
- Describe the Event object model.
- Send custom events.
Topic 4 – Managing Metadata
- Use the API to query for metrics, dimensions, properties, and tags.
- Define properties and tags on metrics and dimensions.
- Modify properties and tags on metrics and dimensions.
- Visualize and alert on application metrics.
Ingesting Application Metrics in Splunk Observability Cloud Course Prerequisites:
- Completion of the course “Fundamentals of Metrics Monitoring in Splunk Observability Cloud.”
- Proficiency in using the command line or terminal.
- Familiarity with using REST APIs and the ability to use cURL.
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