Splunk AppDynamics Virtual Appliance on your Kubernetes cluster enhancements

Product or component Summary Release version Release date
General

You can now create custom namespaces for Virtual Appliance services deployed in your Kubernetes cluster. See Create and Manage Custom Namespaces.

26.7.0 August 25, 2026
You can now configure the enhancedStorageClass setting for MySQL and Kafka to use storage classes that meet your capacity and performance requirements. See Create Custom Storage Classes. 26.7.0 August 25, 2026

This release adds appdcli commands for operations such as starting and stopping services, backing up and restoring data, and applying licenses. See Supported CLI Commands.

26.7.0 August 25, 2026

You can now use an existing certificate manager instead of the default certificate manager included with the BYOK deployer. See Modify the Global Configuration File.

26.7.0 August 25, 2026
External Services

You can now configure self-managed Kafka, Elasticsearch, MinIO, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Valkey services for use with the Virtual Appliance deployed in your cluster. See Self-Managed External Stateful Services.

26.7.0 August 25, 2026
Backup and Restore

You can now back up and restore Elasticsearch, MySQL, and PostgreSQL data by using MinIO S3-compatible storage or NFS storage. See Back Up and Restore Datastores.

26.7.0 August 25, 2026
OpenTelemetry Starting with this release, the legacy direct ingestion of OpenTelemetry data is no longer supported. You can ingest OpenTelemetry data using OpenTelemetry gateway only. For more information, see OpenTelemetry Ingestion Gateway for AppDynamics. 26.7.0 August 25, 2026