Release notes

This topic contains information on new features, known issues, and updates as we version the Splunk App for Unix and Linux.

What's new

Here's what's new in the latest version of the Splunk App for Unix and Linux:

Publication date	Defect number	Description
2015-9-21	N/A	Bug fixes.
2015-9-21	N/A	The app has been updated to work with Splunk Enterprise version 6.3.

Current known issues

The Splunk App for Unix and Linux has the following known issues:

Publication date	Defect number	Description
2015-8-12	TAG-9619, TAG-9620	The app does not currently work with search head pools or search head clusters.
2015-9-21	TAG-9872	On a Splunk Cloud instance, the app does not let you add new sources during the first-time run if there are no preexisting sources.
2015-9-21	TAG-9577	A configuration problem with the Splunk Supporting Add-on for Unix and Linux could cause reduced indexing performance if you install it on indexers. To avoid this issue, follow the updated documentation on installing the add-on.
2015-9-21	TAG-9313	The "Home" and "Metrics" views sometimes do not display any data. To work around the problem, edit web.conf on the Splunk Enterprise instance that runs the app and add the following section: [settings] minify_js = True
2015-9-21	TAG-9210	The "Recent Headlines" page only displays one host for an alert, even if there are multiple hosts for an alert.
2015-9-21	TAG-4262	On Mac OS X systems, all scripted inputs fail on directories whose names contain spaces.
Before 2015-9-21	None	On HP/UX systems, there is no way to obtain the number of threads on a system. This means that the vmstat scripted inputs will always return "?" for threads columns on HP/UX.
2015-9-21	TAG-4261	On Solaris systems, the hardware.sh scripted input sometimes returns empty values for some entries.
2015-9-21	TAG-4211	The Splunk Add-on for Unix and Linux collects system audit log data twice by default.

Change Log (what's been fixed)

Publication date	Defect number	Description
2015-9-14	TAG-9563	The app no longer generates a "500 Internal Server Error" when you install it and click the "Configure" button.