Configure connections to external services

In order to connect the Splunk Data Stream Processor to an external service, you must create a connection with the appropriate connector and then use the connection in your data pipeline. Each connector lets you use a specific external service as a data source, or a data destination, or both.

Currently, you can use the following connectors to access an external service as a data source:

• The Amazon CloudWatch Metrics Connector
• The Amazon Metadata Connector
• The Amazon S3 Connector
• The Azure Monitor Metrics Connector
• The Google Cloud Monitoring Metrics Connector
• The Microsoft 365 Connector

You can use the following connectors to access an external service as a data destination:

• The S3-Compatible Storage Connector
• The SignalFx Connector
• The Splunk Enterprise Connector

Connections from the following connectors can be used to reach both data sources and data destinations:

• The Amazon Kinesis Connector using static credentials. See the following:
  • Create a connection for the DSP Amazon Kinesis Connector with static credentials
  • Send data from Splunk DSP to Amazon Kinesis
• The Azure Event Hubs Connector Using SAS Key. See the following:
  • Create a connection for the DSP Azure Event Hubs Connector with an SAS Key
  • Send data from Splunk DSP to Azure Event Hubs Using SAS Key (Beta)
• The Kafka SSL Connector. See the following:
  • Create a connection for the DSP Kafka SSL Connector
  • Send data from Splunk DSP to Kafka using SSL
• The Kafka Connector (No Authentication). See the following:
  • Create a connection for the DSP Apache Kafka Connector without authentication
  • Send data from Splunk DSP to Kafka without authentication