Send data from Edge Processor to your Splunk Observability Cloud deployment

Learn how to send metrics data from Edge Processor to your Splunk Observability Cloud deployment.

Send metrics data from Edge Processor to your Splunk Observability Cloud deployment by creating a connection between your cloud tenant and your Splunk Observability Cloud deployment. You can use this connection to send data from Edge Processor to the connected Splunk Observability Cloud deployment. To do this, you must create a pipeline that uses a destination that is associated with this connection, and then apply the pipeline.

To create a connection between your cloud tenant and your Splunk Observability Cloud deployment, perform the following steps:

Step 1: Create a Splunk Observability Cloud Token

Create an organization access token in Splunk Observability Cloud.

In your Splunk Observability Cloud deployment, create an organization access token. The organization access token must have authScope set to INGEST.

For more information, see the Create and manage authentication tokens using Splunk Observability Cloud in the Splunk Observability Cloud manual.

Step 2: Create a Splunk Observability Cloud connection

Create a connection between your Splunk Cloud Platform tenant and Splunk Observability Cloud deployment by configuring the necessary realm and subdomain information.

Create a Splunk Observability Cloud connection dataset in your Splunk Cloud Platform tenant. This connection dataset contains the realm and subdomain information for the connection between your Splunk Cloud Platform tenant, and your Splunk Observability Cloud deployment.
  1. On the home page of your Edge Processor tenant, select the Settings cog, and then System connections.
  2. On the System Connection page, select New Splunk Observability Cloud Connection.
  3. On the Connect to Splunk Observability Cloud page, complete the following connection information:
    FieldDescription
    NameName of your connection. Name must be between 3 and 50 alphanumeric characters and underscores.
    RealmA realm is a self-contained deployment of Splunk Observability Cloud, in which your organization is hosted. Valid realm formatting consists of two letters, followed by a single digit number (For example, "us1", "us2"). See View your realm, API endpoints, and organization in the Splunk Observability Cloud documentation for steps on how to find your realm.
    Organization

    You can provide either your Organization ID or your Subdomain if your Splunk Observability Cloud deployment has one.

    • Organization ID - Your Splunk Observability Cloud organization ID. See View your realm, API endpoints, and organization in the Splunk Observability Cloud documentation for steps on how to find your organization ID.

    • Subdomain - Name of your subdomain. Subdomain must start and end with alphanumeric characters and can contain hyphens in between.

    You can test that your provided realm and Organization ID or Subdomain directs your connection to the correct Splunk Observability Cloud deployment by selecting the View your realm and organization link.

    Note: If you provide an Organization ID and are not logged into Splunk Observability Cloud, selecting this link will take you to the general Splunk Observability Cloud sign-on page. If you provide a Subdomain, selecting the link will take you to your organization's Splunk Observability Cloud sign-on page.
    (Optional) DescriptionDescription of your connection. Description must be between 3 and 50 characters.
  4. Select Create connection.

Step 3: Create a Splunk Observability Cloud destination

Learn how to set up a Splunk Observability Cloud destination for your Edge Processor after connecting your deployment.

Now that you've connected your Splunk Observability Cloud deployment, you can set up a Splunk Observability Cloud destination for your Edge Processor.
  1. Navigate to the Destinations page, select New destination, then select Splunk Observability Cloud.
  2. On the Destination information menu, enter the following:

    • A unique name starting with a letter. Names can contain only lowercase letters, numbers, underscores, or the at (@) character. Maximum 80 characters.

    • A description with a maximum of 250 characters.

  3. On the Splunk Observability Cloud Connection Settings menu, enter the following:

    • Select the connection that you want to use to connect to Splunk Observability Cloud. If you do not have a connection dataset, click Create Connection.

    • Enter the token for your Splunk Observability Cloud deployment that you created in Step 1: Create a Splunk Observability Cloud Token.

  4. Select Add.
Your Splunk Observability Cloud destination can be set as a default destination for metrics data. For more information on default destinations for metrics, see Add or manage destinations.