What's new in Splunk App for Infrastructure

These release notes apply to the Splunk App for Infrastructure (SAI) version 2.1.0. For compatibility information, see System Requirements for Splunk App for Infrastructure.

New features

New feature or enhancement	Description
New entity schema	There's a new schema for handling entities. The new schema maintains any existing groups, alerts, and custom dimensions you created with the previous entity schema. The new schema replaces `collectors.conf` with `entity_classes.conf`. The schema migration process automatically starts when you upgrade to this version. During the migration process, SAI creates a backup of all your local conf files and metadatafiles. For more information about the entity migration process to the new schema, see Migrate to the new entity schema.
Splunk Connect for Kubernetes version update	When you configure SAI to monitor Kubernetes or OpenShift clusters, SAI now deploys Splunk Connect for Kubernetes version 1.3.0. For more information about SCK, see the Splunk Connect for Kubernetes 1.3.0 release documentation in the Github repository. For information about upgrading to SCK version 1.3.0, see these topics: Kubernetes: Upgrade Splunk Connect for Kubernetes OpenShift: Upgrade Splunk Connect for Kubernetes
Custom dimensions	You can use `.` and `$` in custom dimension names. You can no longer use `=` in custom dimension names.
SSL	Enable SSL when you configure the easy install script for *nix and Windows hosts. You may want to disable SSL if you're using self-signed certificates. If you're using Splunk Cloud, keep this option enabled.

Topic	Description
Migrate to the new entity schema	Information about upgrading SAI to use `entity_classes.conf` rather than `collectors.conf`
Collect Kubernetes metrics and logs with Splunk App for Infrastructure	Updated the version of Splunk Connect for Kubernetes to version 1.3.0.
Collect OpenShift metrics and logs with Splunk App for Infrastructure	Updated the version of Splunk Connect for Kubernetes to version 1.3.0.
Collect Linux/Unix metrics and logs with Splunk App for Infrastructure	Added the Use SSL option for the easy install script.
Collect Windows metrics and logs with Splunk App for Infrastructure	Added the Use SSL option for the easy install script.
Collect Mac OS X metrics and logs with Splunk App for Infrastructure	Added the Use SSL option for the easy install script.