Release notes

Version 3.14.1 of Splunk DB Connect was released on August 29, 2023.

New and changed features

Splunk DB Connect version 3.14.1 contains the following new or changed features from version 3.14.0:

• Allow SSL connection with self-signed certificate for DB2
• Allow to copy the checkpoint query condition to clipboard
• Migrate cryptographic algorithms
• Migrate Non-Standard cron expressions
• Denylist for HEC URL configuration
• UI enhancements
• Bug fixes

It also contains additional enhancements for version 3.14.1 that are not present in 3.14.0:

• Added crypto libraries to the classpath at runtime so that the Java platform implementation can verify the security provider's signature, allowing it to continue to support Oracle JDK implementations.
• Ability to revert changes to the keystore in case of failures.

Fixed issues

Version 3.14.1 of Splunk DB Connect fixes the following issues. If no issues appear below, no issues have yet been fixed.

Date resolved	Issue number	Description
2023-08-28	DBX-5808	java.lang.SecurityException: JCE cannot authenticate the provider BC
2023-07-24	DBX-5800	Indexing time is not converted to server time zone using database column as indexing time

Known issues

Version 3.14.1 of Splunk DB Connect contains the following known issues. If no issues appear below, no issues have yet been reported.

Date filed	Issue number	Description
2023-09-06	DBX-5812	Issues in the dbxlookup query having the '$' sign in it Workaround: Use replace command to avoid $ symbol | eval <field> = replace(<field> , "\\$" , "<DOLLAR-SYMBOL>"). Set the $ symbol again after the dbxlookup as | rex mode=sed field=<field> "s/<DOLLAR-SYMBOL>/$/g". Also, as a second way, you can ingest the data from databases into Splunk using DB Connect's Inputs feature and aggregate the data in the SPL query by using join command.

Third-party software attributions

Some of the components included in this add-on are licensed under free or open source licenses. We wish to thank the contributors to those projects.

A complete listing of third-party software information for this add-on is available as a Document file for download:
Splunk DB Connect third-party software credits.