Release notes for the Splunk Add-on for Unix and Linux

Version 8.10.0 of the Splunk Add-on for Unix and Linux was released on June 14, 2023.

Compatibility

Version 8.10.0 of the Splunk Add-on for Unix and Linux is compatible with the following software, CIM versions, and platforms:

Splunk platform versions	8.1.x, 8.2.x, 9.0.x
CIM	4.20.2
Supported OS for data collection	All supported Unix operating systems. See Unix operating systems.
Vendor products	All supported Unix operating systems. See Unix operating systems.

See the Scripted input reference for the Splunk Add-on for Unix and Linux page in the Reference chapter of this manual to learn more about scripted inputs and their operating system compatibility.

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 8.10.0 of the Splunk Add-on for Unix and Linux has the following new features:

• Support for AIX 7.3 and RHEL 9.2.
• Added a new dimension, IPv6_address, to the interfaces_metric, df_metric and ps_metric source types which contains the global IPv6 information of the monitored host.

Fixed issues

Version 8.10.0 of the Splunk Add-on for Unix and Linux has the following known issues. If no issues appear here, no issues have yet been reported:

Known issues

Version 8.10.0 of the Splunk Add-on for Unix and Linux has the following known issues. If no issues appear here, no issues have yet been reported:

Date filed	Issue number	Description
2022-06-24	ADDON-53138	cpu, cpu_metric scripts report higher CPU usage than the actual usage on Splunk 9.x
2022-03-14	ADDON-49319	seekptr checksum errors seen while trying to monitor /etc folder
2022-03-09	ADDON-49067	Update.sh is throwing a few permission errors before the output in RHEL in LPM
2021-01-20	ADDON-33139	Input netstat.sh and openPorts.sh gives error in splunkd.log when add-on is installed on macOS v10.15.7
2020-04-24	ADDON-26293	Field values gets broke when values has space for 'lsof' and 'userswithloginprivs' source types
2020-04-24	ADDON-26292	Additional error of broken pipe is getting logged under splunkd.log along with correct data for cpu.sh on Solaris OS
2020-04-20	ADDON-26131, ADDON-33138	Input protocol.sh gives error in splunkd.log when add-on is installed on macOS

Third-party software attributions

The Splunk Add-on for Unix and Linux does not use third-party software or libraries.