Connect to Google Cloud Platform
Connect your Google Cloud Platform (GCP) account to Splunk Observability Cloud.
With a Google Cloud Platform (GCP) integration in Splunk Observability Cloud, you can track your Google Cloud Monitoring metrics and monitor your GCP services in one place.
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Before you start, check GCP authentication, permissions and supported regions.
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Next, see Connect to Google Cloud Platform: Guided setup and other options.
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For a list of supported GCP services, see Available GCP integrations.
Install the Splunk Distribution of the OpenTelemetry Collector
To take advantage of the full benefits of the Splunk Observability Cloud platform, install the OpenTelemetry Collector. See Get started with the Splunk Distribution of the OpenTelemetry Collector.
Track your OpenTelemetry enablement
To track the degree of OpenTelemetry enablement in your GCP integrations:
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From Splunk Observability Cloud, go to Data Management, then Deployed integrations, then Google Cloud Platform.
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Select OpenTelemetry Enabled to see whether the OTel Collector is installed on each GCE instance or GKE cluster. This helps you identify the instances that still need to be instrumented.
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For OTel Collector instances that are successfully instrumented, you can see which version of the Collector is deployed.
Next steps
To validate your setup, examine the details of your GCP integration as displayed in the list at the end of the setup page.
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Check the GCP authentication, permissions and supported regions.
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See Connect to Google Cloud Platform: Guided setup and other options.
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For details about the metrics provided by an GCP integration, see Google Cloud Monitoring metrics and metadata
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To send logs from GCP to the Splunk platform, follow the instructions in Send GCP logs to Splunk Platform