Release history for the Splunk Add-on for Kafka
The Splunk Add-on for Kafka is deprecated and the functionality of pulling Kafka events using modular inputs is no longer supported. Use Splunk Connect for Kafka to pull Kafka events using modular inputs.
Latest release
The latest release of the Splunk Add-on for Kafka is version 1.2.0. See the Release notes for the Splunk Add-on for Kafka for more information about this latest version.
Version 1.1.0
Version 1.1.0 of the Splunk Add-on for Kafka has the same compatibility specifications as Version 1.2.0.
New features
Version 1.1.0 of the Splunk Add-on for Kafka has the following new features.
| Date | Issue number | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 2016-03-03 | ADDON-8105 | Support for grouping multiple tasks into a single process for improved performance during data ingestion. |
| 2016-03-03 | ADDON-8104 | Support for selecting individual partitions when configuring data ingestion for a topic. |
| 2015-11-03 | ADDON-6307 | Support for configuring indexes for individual topics. |
Known issues
Version 1.1.0 of the Splunk Add-on for Kafka has the following known issues.
| Date | Issue number | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 2016-01-30 | ADDON-7646 | FIPS mode is not supported by this add-on. For a workaround, see Add-ons and FIPS mode in the Splunk Add-ons manual. |
| 2016-01-13 | ADDON-5325 | requireClientCert=true in server.conf is not supported by add-ons using modular inputs and REST. If this setting is enabled in server.conf, communication is broken between the modular input and splunkd and the add-on stops collecting data. The following error appears in the splunkd.log: "SSL3_GET_CLIENT_CERTIFICATE:peer did not return a certificate." The workaround is to set requireClientCert=false.
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| 2015-09-29 | ADDON-5818 | If managing modular input configuration centrally from a search head cluster node, forwarders sometimes disappear from the list of forwarders, after saving successfully. Workaround: wait at least five seconds to allow the setup page to fully load before attempting any configuration. Wait at least three seconds after saving each cluster or forwarder configuration. |
| 2015-09-23 | ADDON-5757 | Invalid forwarders accept data collection tasks from centralized modular input configuration, even if they cannot handle them, causing those collection tasks to fail with an error. |
| 2015-09-23 | ADDON-5759 | Data input duplication error messages thrown while dispatching data input tasks to forwarders. |
Version 1.0.0
Version 1.0.0 of the Splunk Add-on for Kafka has the same compatibility specifications as Version 1.1.0.
New features
Version 1.0.0 of the Splunk Add-on for Kafka has the following new features.
| Date | Issue number | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 2015-09-29 | ADDON-2994 | New Splunk-supported add-on. |
Known issues
Version 1.0.0 of the Splunk Add-on for Kafka has the following known issues.
| Date | Issue number | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 2016-01-30 | ADDON-7646 | FIPS mode is not supported by this add-on. For a workaround, see Add-ons and FIPS mode in the Splunk Add-ons manual. |
| 2016-01-13 | ADDON-5325 | requireClientCert=true in server.conf is not supported by add-ons using modular inputs and REST. If this setting is enabled in server.conf, communication is broken between the modular input and splunkd and the add-on stops collecting data. The following error appears in the splunkd.log: "SSL3_GET_CLIENT_CERTIFICATE:peer did not return a certificate." The workaround is to set requireClientCert=false.
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| 2015-09-29 | ADDON-5818 | If managing modular input configuration centrally from a search head cluster node, forwarders sometimes disappear from the list of forwarders, after saving successfully. Workaround: wait at least five seconds to allow the setup page to fully load before attempting any configuration. Wait at least three seconds after saving each cluster or forwarder configuration. |
| 2015-09-23 | ADDON-5757 | Invalid forwarders accept data collection tasks from centralized modular input configuration, even if they cannot handle them, causing those collection tasks to fail with an error. |
| 2015-09-23 | ADDON-5759 | Data input duplication error messages thrown while dispatching data input tasks to forwarders. |
Third-party software attributions
Version 1.0.0 of the Splunk Add-on for Kafka incorporates the following third-party software or libraries.
| Release notes for the Splunk Add-on for Kafka | Installation and configuration overview for the Splunk Add-on for Kafka |
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