Using the Splunk Java SDK

2. About me • Developer Evangelist at Splunk since July 2012 • http://dev.splunk.com • http://splunk-base.splunk.com • Slides available for my “Splunking the JVM” session • Splunk Community Member • Splunk4JMX • SplunkJavaLogging • SplunkBase Answers • Splunk Architect and Administrator • Coder, hacker, architect of Enterprise Java solutions around the globe in many different industries(aviation, core banking, card payments etc…) • Yes, I do have an accent , so please restrain all your sheep, Lord of the Rings and Kim Dotcom heckles until beer o’clock  2

3. Agenda • Overview of the Splunk Platform • REST API & SDKs • Java SDK overview • Code, Code, Code ! • Thinking outside the Square • Alternate JVM Languages • Making it easier for developers to log to Splunk • Splunk is not just for Production • Questions (feel free to yell out at any time also)

4. Splunk & Developers Accelerate development & Machine Data SplunkUI Custom/Existing testing with proactive (Splunk Apps) Applications monitoring SDKs Search, chart and graph Save and schedule searches as alerts Integrate data from Splunk into Export search results your existing IT environment for Manage inputs and indexes Add & remove users and roles operational visibility REST APIs Quickly deliver real-time Splunkd business insights from Big Data outside of IT 4

5. REST API & SDKs

6. What you can do with the SDKs & API • Integrate with third-party reporting tools and portals • Log directly to Splunk • Integrate Splunk search results into your application • Extract data for archiving, compliance • Build a custom UI of your choice 6

7. Splunk REST API • Exposes an API method for every feature in the product • Whatever you can do in the UI – you can do through the API. • Run searches • Manage Splunk configurations • API is RESTful • Endpoints are served by splunkd • Requests are GET, POST, and DELETE HTTP methods • Responses are Atom XML Feeds • JSON coming in 5.0 • Versioning coming in 5.0 • Search results can be output in CSV/JSON/XML 7

8. Language SDKs • The SDKs make it easier for you to use the raw REST API , abstracting away much of the lower level plumbing, so you can instead just focus on developer productivity • Handling HTTP access • Authenticating • Managing namespaces • Simplifying access to REST endpoints • Building the correct URL for an endpoint • Displaying simplified output for searches • Input of data to a Splunk index • Python, Java, Javascript in beta - Supported • PHP available now! • Still study the core REST API though , if you’re anything like me you like to know what is going on under the hood 8

9. Java SDK overview

10. Java SDK Design Principles • Provide comprehensive coverage of the REST API • Have a 1:1 mapping of endpoint to class in the SDK • Provide implementation that felt intuitive to a Java developer • Lowest common denominator for build – ANT (Any maven people out there?) • Project support for Eclipse and IntelliJ – to ease getting started 10

11. Get the Java SDK setup • Open sourced under the Apache v2.0 license • Clone from Github : git clone https://github.com/splunk/splunk-sdk-java.git • Current release status is “beta” • Project level support for Eclipse and Intellij IDE’s • I use Eclipse with the eGit plugin • Pre-requisites • JRE 6+ • Ant (builds, javadoc generation) • Splunk installed • Run the unit tests and examples • Setup a “.splunkrc” file in your user’s home directory • Run an Ant build • Run examples with the command line wrappers • Run the Junit tests from Ant or within your IDE 11

12. Key Java SDK Concepts • Namespaces • owner : splunk username • app : app context • sharing : user | app | global | system • Defaults to current user and default app • Service class • Instantiate an object to connect and login • Entry point for REST API calls • Client/Server state • Need to maintain state explicitly • update() : to push changes to splunkd • refresh() : to get changes from splunkd 12

13. Java SDK Class Model HTTPService Resource Service ResourceCollection Entity EntityCollection Application Index Input InputCollection SavedSearchCollection • Collections use a common mechanism to create and remove entities • Entities use a common mechanism to retrieve and update property values, and access entity metadata • Service is a wrapper that facilitates access to all Splunk REST endpoints 13

14. public String codeTime(){ return “Lets Rock n Roll”; }

15. Connecting / Authenticating 15

16. Simple Entity Retrieval 16

17. Logging Events via HTTP REST Uses receivers/simple endpoint Uses receivers/stream endpoint 17

18. Logging Events via Raw TCP If you don’t already have a TCP port listening, simply create one via the REST API Setup Log to Splunk Teardown 18

19. Searching Overview • Search query • a set of commands and functions you use to retrieve events from an index or a real-time stream , "search * | head 10". • Saved search • a search query that has been saved to be used again and can be set up to run on a regular schedule • Search job • an instance of a completed or still-running search operation.Using a search ID you can access the results of the search when they become available. Job results are saved for a period of time on the server and can be retrieved • Search Modes • Normal : asynchronous , poll job for status and results • Blocking : synchronous , a job handle is returned when search is completed • Oneshot : synchronous , no job handle is returned, results are streamed • Export : synchronous, not a search per say, doesn’t create a job, results are streamed oldest to newest Heaps more juicy examples here : http://dev.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAAEHQ 19

20. Blocking Searches A Job is created No Job is created 20

21. Non-Blocking Search 21

22. Non-Blocking Search (with Paging) • “maxresultrows” in Splunk config default 50K • Not recommended to change this • If result set > 50K , then page through results 22

23. Realtime Search 23

24. Saved Search 24

25. Processing CSV/JSON/XML results 25

26. Client/Server State 26

27. Namespaces 27

28. Thinking outside the square

29. Alternate JVM Languages Scala Groovy Clojure Javascript(Rhino) JRuby PHP(Quercus) Ceylon Kotlin Jython We don’t need SDK’s for these languages , we can just use the Java SDK ! 29

30. Scala “SDK” 30

31. Groovy “SDK” 31

32. SplunkJavaLogging • A logging framework to allow developers to as seamlessly as possible integrate Splunk best practice logging semantics into their code. • Custom handler/appender implementations(REST and Raw TCP) for the 3 most prevalent Java logging frameworks in play. Splunk events directly from your code. • LogBack • Log4j • java.util.logging • Implementation of the SPLUNK CIM(Common Information Model) 32

33. Developers just log as they are used to Better A-HA 2012-08-07 15:54:06:644+1200 name="Failed Login" event_id="someID" app="myapp" user="jane" somefieldname="foobar" 33

34. Logging Framework takes care of the Splunk transport , REST or Raw TCP 34

35. <barf>Typical Java Stacktraces in logs</barf> 35

36. SplunkJavaLogging is your friend 36

37. Java Stacktraces in Splunk 37

38. Use Splunk in dev/test => better quality delivered to prod Testing Tools • It’s not good enough to assert that your Splunk software is production ready because the Java SDK load test “doesn’t make it fall over” Execute Tests • Splunk the app’s machine data throughout REST Perform test assertions the lifecycle of the test • Via a Splunk SDK, enrich your test harness Splunk REST% TCP /% pass/fail assertions with outputs of Splunk Your Java SDK SplunkD searches App Other Universal% • Catch malignant code tumors that may have Metrics Forwarder flown under the radar that your harness alone couldn’t possibly know about. • Grinder + Java SDK + Assertions 38

39. Contact Details Always more than happy to be contacted for questions, feedback, collaborations, ideas that will change the world etc… Email : ddallimore@splunk.com SplunkBase: damiend Github: damiendallimore Twitter : @damiendallimore Blog : http://blogs.splunk.com/dev Splunk Dev Platform Team : devinfo@splunk.com 39

40. Links Gists for all code examples : https://gist.github.com/damiendallimore Java SDK Homepage : http://dev.splunk.com/view/java-sdk/SP-CAAAECN Java SDK Github repository : https://github.com/splunk/splunk-sdk-java SplunkJavaLogging : https://github.com/damiendallimore/SplunkJavaLogging Splunk Best Practice Logging : http://dev.splunk.com/view/logging-best- practices/SP-CAAADP6 Splunk REST API : http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/RESTAPI/RESTcontents 40

41. //Thanks for coming ! System.exit(5150);

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