Splunk® App for AWS (Legacy)

Installation and Configuration Manual

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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.
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Lookups for the Splunk App for AWS

The Splunk App for AWS includes lookups that map data from AWS to support dashboard displays. The lookup files are located in $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/apps/splunk_app_aws/lookups.

Filename Description
all_eventName.csv Maps IAM event names to an alert level and boolean for notable event status.
cn_price.csv Maps instance_type to region, instance_type, region, on_demand_hourly, reserved_one_all_yearly, reserved_one_partial_yearly, reserved_one_partial_hourly
price.csv Maps instance_type to region, instance_type, region, on_demand_hourly, reserved_one_all_yearly, reserved_one_partial_yearly, reserved_one_partial_hourly
regions.csv Maps AWS region strings to latitude and longitude calculations and friendly names.
resource_timeline_services.csv Maps serviceID to serviceName
unauthorized_errorCode.csv Maps four variations on unauthorized error strings to a boolean value.
well_known_ports.csv Maps name to port, name
Last modified on 18 August, 2017
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This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk® App for AWS (Legacy): 5.1.0, 5.1.1, 5.1.2, 5.1.3, 5.2.0, 6.0.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.2, 6.0.3


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