Send metrics to a metrics index

If you gather metrics data, you can send it directly to a metrics index using HEC.

Send metrics in JSON format

Use the HEC /collector REST API endpoint to send metrics data over HTTP or HTTPS in JSON format from a client that is not natively supported to a metrics index.

Create a HEC data input for a Metrics index. Then, use the /collector REST API endpoint to send data to the metrics index using the following format:

http://<Splunk_host>:<HTTP_port>/services/collector \
-H "Authorization: Splunk <HEC_token>"              \
-d "<metrics_data>"

You need to provide the following values:

• Splunk host machine (IP address, host name, or load balancer name)
• HTTP port number
• HEC token value
• Metrics event data, which requires an "event" field set to "metric".

Examples The following example shows a command that sends a metric measurement to a metrics index, with the following values:

• Splunk host machine: "localhost"
• HTTP port number: "8088"
• HEC token value: "b0221cd8-c4b4-465a-9a3c-273e3a75aa29"

curl https://localhost:8088/services/collector                     \
-H "Authorization: Splunk b0221cd8-c4b4-465a-9a3c-273e3a75aa29"       \
-d '{"time": 1486683865.000,"event":"metric","source":"disk","host":"host_99","fields":{"region":"us-west-1","datacenter":"us-west-1a","rack":"63","os":"Ubuntu16.10","arch":"x64","team":"LON","service":"6","service_version":"0","service_environment":"test","path":"/dev/sda1","fstype":"ext3","_value":1099511627776,"metric_name":"total"}}'

This command sends two metrics measurements:

curl http://<IP address or host name or load balancer name>:8088/services/collector  \
-H "Authorization: Splunk 98a1e071-bc35-410b-8642-78ce7d829083"                         \
-d '{"time": 1505501013.000,"event":"metric","source":"disk","host":"host_99","fields":{"region":"us-west-1","datacenter":"us-west-1a","rack":"63","os":"Ubuntu16.10","arch":"x64","team":"LON","service":"6","service_version":"0","service_environment":"test","path":"/dev/sda1","fstype":"ext3","_value":999311222774,"metric_name":"total"}}
{"time": 1505511013.000,"event":"metric","source":"disk","host":"host_99","fields":{"region":"us-west-1","datacenter":"us-west-1a","rack":"63","os":"Ubuntu16.10","arch":"x64","team":"LON","service":"6","service_version":"0","service_environment":"test","path":"/dev/sda1","fstype":"ext3","_value":1099511627776,"metric_name":"total"}}'

Send metrics in collectd format

Use the HEC /collector/raw REST API endpoint to send metrics data over HTTP or HTTPS in collectd JSON format to a metrics index.

Create a HEC data input for a Metrics index and select the Metrics > collectd_http pre-trained source type. Then, use the /collector/raw REST API endpoint to send data directly to a metrics index using the following format:

http://<Splunk_host>:<HTTP_port>/services/collector/raw?sourcetype=collectd_http \
-H "Authorization: Splunk <HEC_token>"                                           \
-d "<metrics_data>"

You need to provide the following values:

• Splunk host machine (IP address, host name, or load balancer name)
• HTTP port number
• HEC token value
• Metrics event data in collectd JSON format

Because collectd is supported natively, you can configure collectd to send data to a metrics index. For more, see Get metrics in from collectd in the Metrics manual.

Example

The following example shows a command that sends a metric measurement to a metrics index, with the following values:

• Splunk host machine: "localhost"
• HTTP port number: "8088"
• HEC token value: "b0221cd8-c4b4-465a-9a3c-273e3a75aa29"

curl https://localhost:8088/services/collector/raw?sourcetype=collectd_http   \
-H "Authorization: Splunk b0221cd8-c4b4-465a-9a3c-273e3a75aa29"                  \
-d '[{"values":[164.9196798931339196],"dstypes":["derive"],"dsnames":["value"],"time":1505356687.894,"interval":10.000,"host":"collectd","plugin":"protocols","plugin_instance":"IpExt","type":"protocol_counter","type_instance":"InOctets"}]'

For more information

For more information, see:

• Overview of metrics in the Metrics manual
• Create metrics indexes in the Managing Indexers and Clusters of Indexers manual
• /collector and /collector/raw in the REST API Reference Manual