Splunk® App for AWS (Legacy)

Installation and Configuration Manual

On July 15, 2022, the Splunk App for AWS will reach its end of life (EOL). After this date, Splunk will no longer maintain or develop this product. Splunk App for AWS is used for both IT monitoring and security use cases because it provides dashboards for both ITOps and security teams. The IT monitoring functionality in Splunk App for AWS is migrating to a content pack in Data Integrations called the Content Pack for Amazon Web Services Dashboards and Reports. The security use case functionality in Splunk App for AWS is migrating to the new Splunk App for AWS Security Dashboards. For more about migration options, see this community post.
This documentation does not apply to the most recent version of Splunk® App for AWS (Legacy). For documentation on the most recent version, go to the latest release.

Configure input for the Personal Health Dashboard

AWS Personal Health Dashboard provides a personalized view into the performance and availability of the AWS services you are using, as well as alerts that are automatically triggered by changes in the health of those services. To view the AWS Personal Health dashboard in the Splunk App for AWS, perform the following configurations in the AWS Management Console and the Splunk Add-on for AWS.

  1. Log in to the AWS Management Console.
  2. Create an Amazon SNS topic. See http://docs.aws.amazon.com/sns/latest/dg/CreateTopic.html.
  3. Create a CloudWatch events rule for AWS Health. Select Amazon SNS topic as the target to use with the rule. See http://docs.aws.amazon.com/health/latest/ug/cloudwatch-events-health.html.
  4. Create an Amazon SQS queue. See http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSSimpleQueueService/latest/SQSDeveloperGuide/sqs-create-queue.html.
  5. Subscribe the Amazon SQS queue to the SNS topic you created in step 2. See http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSSimpleQueueService/latest/SQSDeveloperGuide/sqs-subscribe-queue-sns-topic.html.
  6. In Splunk Add-on for AWS, add the SQS input. See Add an SQS input for the Splunk Add-on for AWS.
  7. Check your AWS Personal Health dashboard in the Splunk App for AWS.
Last modified on 15 January, 2017
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This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk® App for AWS (Legacy): 5.0.0, 5.0.1, 5.0.2


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