Release notes

Version 4.0.0 of Splunk DB Connect was released on January 1st, 2025.

New and changed features

Version 4.0.0 of Splunk DB Connect contains the following new or changed features:

• Starting in version 4.0.0, Splunk DB Connect requires Java 17 or higher.
• High availability support for Heavy Forwarders. See Configure High Availability on top of Heavy Forwarders for more information.
• Added support for Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) compliant deployments. See Install and configure Splunk DB Connect to be FIPS compliant to enable FIPS.
• Option to trigger Input and Output manually.
• Telemetry data collection updated, no sensitive data is collected.
• Migration logic has been removed. Please make sure to follow the migration path described in Upgrade and downgrade Splunk DB Connect.
• More options for logging level configuration.
• Support for adding certificates to KeyStore from UI.
• Fixes for HEC configuration in Splunk Cloud Platform.

Fixed issues

Version 4.0.0 of Splunk DB Connect fixes the following issues. If no issues appear below, no issues have yet been fixed.

Known issues

Version 4.0.0 of Splunk DB Connect contains the following known issues. If no issues appear below, no issues have yet been reported.

Date filed	Issue number	Description
2025-06-16	DBX-5878	Failing to Start Under FIPS Mode Workaround: This issue occurs on Red Hat systems when FIPS is enabled at the kernel level and the FIPS crypto policy is also active. You can verify this by running the following commands: $ fips-mode-setup --check FIPS mode is enabled. $ update-crypto-policies --show FIPS Under these conditions, Splunk DB Connect fails to start in FIPS mode. We are working on a patch that will be released shortly.

Third-party software attributions

Some of the components included in this add-on are licensed under free or open source licenses. We wish to thank the contributors to those projects.

A complete listing of third-party software information for this add-on is available as a Document file for download:
Splunk DB Connect third-party software credits.