Release notes for Splunk Add-on for Apache Web Server

About this release

Version 2.1.0 of the Splunk Add-on for Apache was released on June 3, 2022. This release is compatible with the following software, CIM versions, and platforms.

Splunk platform versions	8.1.x, 8.2.x
CIM	5.0.1
Platforms	Platform Independent
Vendor Products	Apache 2.4.x and later

The field alias functionality is compatible with the current version of this add-on. The current version of this add-on does not support older field alias configurations.

For more information about the field alias configuration change, refer to the Splunk Enterprise Release Notes.

New features

Version 2.1.0 of the Splunk Add-on for Apache Web Server contains the following new features.

• Added support for Apache version 2.4.53.
• Added support for the apache:access:combined sourcetype, which provides server access log information in an out-of-the-box default format.

Splunk best practice is to use the enhanced log format instead and use the apache:access:kv or apache:access:json sourcetypes

• Enhanced CIM mappings and added support for CIM version 5.0.1.
  • Added extraction for new CIM fields url_length, http_referrer_domain and url_domain in the apache:access:kv and apache:access:json sourcetypes.

Field Mapping Changes

Version 2.1.0 of the Splunk Add-on for Apache Web Server introduces field changes to the apache:access:kv and apache:access:json sourcetypes. See the following table for information in data model changes:

Source-type	Fields added	Fields removed	Fields modified
apache:access:combined	status_description, uri_query, http_user_agent, http_version, http_referrer, bytes, client, request, src, url, http_method, status_type, http_user_agent_length, http_referrer_domain, action, bytes_out, uri_path, logname, status, bytes_in, request_bytes, user, vendor_product, timestamp
apache:access:kv, apache:access:json	url_length, http_referrer_domain, url_domain

Fixed issues

Version 2.1.0 of the Splunk Add-on for Apache Web Server contains no fixed issues.

Known issues

Version 2.1.0 of the Splunk Add-on for Apache Web Server contains no known issues.

Third-party software attributions

Version 2.1.0 of the Splunk Add-on for Apache Web Server does not incorporate any third-party software or libraries.