About Data Inputs

Data Inputs is a Splunk Cloud Platform tool that automates data ingestion configuration from various sources using HTTP Event Collector (HEC), including prerequisite setup, resource configuration, and index-time transformations.

Data Inputs is suitable for Splunk Cloud Platform administrators who want to automatically configure data ingestion from a variety of sources using the HTTP Event Collector (HEC). Data Inputs automates prerequisites, such as scripts to set up resources in the data source, has functional intelligence relevant to the respective data source, and does index-time transformations.

You can use Data Inputs if your Splunk Cloud Platform deployment meets the following requirements:

  • Runs Splunk Cloud Platform versions 8.2.2104.1 and higher on the Victoria experience. Data Inputs is also available for Splunk Cloud customers who run on AWS with the Splunk Cloud Classic experience.
  • Is provisioned in a region that supports Data Inputs. See Available regions and region differences in the Splunk Cloud Platform Service Description.

Log in and get started with Data Inputs

Complete the following steps to get started:

  1. Log in to Splunk Cloud using Splunk-provided credentials.
  2. Save the email that contains the credentials. It contains a Forgot Password link, in case you need to reset your password.
  3. Change your password at the prompt.
  4. Sign the terms and conditions.
  5. Start onboarding or take the product tour.

Data Inputs walks you through adding existing data sources so that you can monitor and investigate any alerts that impact the security state of your environment. It also helps you to see which services you are ingesting, but not yet using, so that you can expand your security coverage.

See also

Reference guide for Data Inputs documentation and resources for different cloud platforms and features.

For more information about the data sources for Data Inputs, see the product documentation.