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Splunk Cloud Service Description Change Log
This change log contains information about updates and changes to the Splunk Cloud Platform Service Description. Starting February 2021, only specific major.minor service descriptions will be updated.
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April 2024
12 April 2024
| Description | Splunk Cloud Platform 9.1 |
|---|---|
| Update of Existing Content | |
| Section: Search
Updates to Federated Search for Amazon S3, Hybrid search |
All relevant Splunk Cloud Platform versions |
| Section: FedRAMP Moderate and DoD IL5 validated premium solutions and apps
Updated link to validated apps and add-ons |
All relevant Splunk Cloud Platform versions |
March 2024
11 March 2024
| Description | Splunk Cloud Platform 9.1 |
|---|---|
| Update of Existing Content | |
| Section: Available regions and region differences
Updates to Edge Processor for AWS regions and Ingest Actions for Google Cloud regions |
All relevant Splunk Cloud Platform 9.1 versions |
| Section: Maintenance
Minor update to subheading text |
All relevant Splunk Cloud Platform 9.1 versions |
| Section: Service limits and constraints
Updates to IT Service Intelligence service limits |
All relevant Splunk Cloud Platform 9.1 versions |
| Section: Splunk premium solutions
Clarity regarding Splunk Observability Cloud and Log Observer Connect regions |
All relevant Splunk Cloud Platform 9.1 versions |
| Section: Supported versions
Updates to Current Splunk Cloud Platform and Premium App versions, Supported forwarder versions, Hybrid search versions |
All relevant Splunk Cloud Platform 9.1 versions |
December 2023
12 December 2023
| Description | Splunk Cloud Platform 9.0.2305 |
|---|---|
| Update of Existing Content | |
| Section: Available regions and region differences
Updates to View schedule maintenance window via ACS and CMC, Federated search for Splunk and Ingest Actions |
9.0.2305, 9.1.2308 |
| Section: Experience designations
Updates to Private Connectivity |
9.0.2305, 9.1.2308 |
| Section: Maintenance
Updates to Upgrades and expands your subscriptions and Notes |
9.0.2305, 9.1.2308 |
| Section: Network connectivity and data transfer
Updates to AWS PrivateLink scope |
9.0.2305, 9.1.2308 |
| Section: Search
Updates to Federated search for Splunk, Federated Search for Amazon S3 |
9.0.2305, 9.1.2308 |
| Section: Self-service capabilities
Updates for Private Connectivity |
9.0.2305, 9.1.2308 |
| Section: Service limits and constraints
Updates to IT Service Intelligence and Storage |
9.0.2305, 9.1.2308 |
| Section: Supported versions
Updates to Current Splunk Cloud Platform version, Supported forwarder versions, Supported Python versions |
9.0.2305, 9.1.2308 |
September 2023
11 September 2023
| Description | Splunk Cloud Platform 9.0.2305 |
|---|---|
| Update of Existing Content | |
| Section: Available regions and region differences
Updates to Edge Processor, Federated search for Splunk, Federated Search for Amazon S3. |
9.0.2305 |
| Section: Differences between Splunk Cloud Platform and Splunk Enterprise
Updates to Federated Search for Amazon S3, Real-time search. |
9.0.2305 |
| Section: Experience designations
Updates to Indexer Acknowledgement. |
9.0.2305 |
| Section: Maintenance
Updates to Notes. |
9.0.2305 |
| Section: Monitoring
Updates to monitoring and performance. |
9.0.2305 |
| Section: Search
Updates to Federated search for Splunk, Federated Search for Amazon S3. |
9.0.2305 |
| Section: Service limits and constraints
Updates to Enterprise Security, Search. |
9.0.2305 |
| Section: Storage
Updates to Dynamic Data Self-Storage (DDSS). |
9.0.2305 |
| Section: Subscription types
Updates to Subscription expansions, renewals, and terminations. |
9.0.2305 |
| Section: Supported versions
Updates to Current Splunk Cloud Platform and Premium App versions, Supported forwarder versions, Supported Python versions. |
9.0.2305 |
June 2023
30 June 2023
| Description | Splunk Cloud Platform 9.0.2303 |
|---|---|
| Update of Existing Content | |
| Section: Available regions and region differences
Minor update to text. |
9.0.2303 |
| Section: Experience designations
Updates to Indexer Acknowledgement, Service Limits |
9.0.2303 |
| Section: Search
Updates to Federated search |
9.0.2303 |
| Section: Service limits and constraints
Updates to Active Indexes |
9.0.2303 |
| Section: Supported versions
Updates to Current Splunk Cloud Platform and Premium App versions |
9.0.2303 |
May 2023
23 May 2023
| Description | Splunk Cloud Platform 9.0.2303 |
|---|---|
| Update of Existing Content | |
| Section: Available regions and region differences
Updates to Edge Processor |
9.0.2303 |
| Section: Compliance andcertifications
Updates to PCI DSS |
9.0.2303 |
| Section: Experience designations
Updates to Experience designations |
9.0.2303 |
| Section: Maintenance
Updates to Maintenance |
9.0.2303 |
| Section: Monitoring
Updates to Monitoring |
9.0.2303 |
| Section: Search
Updates to Federated search |
9.0.2303 |
| Section: Service limits and constraints
Updates to Tested and recommended service limits (soft limits) |
9.0.2303 |
| Section: Supported versions
Updates to Supported forwarder versions |
9.0.2303 |
March 2023
27 March 2023
| Description | Splunk Cloud 9.0.2209 |
|---|---|
| Update of Existing Content | |
| Section: Search.
Updates to Federated Search |
9.0.2209 |
| Section: Splunk premium solutions.
Add Security and Observability sections |
9.0.2209 |
February 2023
17 February 2023
| Description | Splunk Cloud 9.0.2209 |
|---|---|
| New Content | |
| Section: Monitoring | 9.0.2209 |
| Update of Existing Content | |
| Section: Available regions and region differences
Updates to Ingest Actions, Storage: Customer-managed encryption keys |
9.0.2209 |
| Section: Experience designations
Updates to Indexer Acknowledgement, Storage: Customer-managed encryption keys |
9.0.2209 |
| Section: Enterprise Security service limits and constraints
Moved Automatic Lookups information to Splunk premium solutions. |
9.0.2209 |
| Section: Service limits and constraints
Updates to hard limits, soft limits, Apps, Enterprise Security Correlation Searches, Enterprise Security Data Models, Enterprise Security Maximum ES search concurrency, Enterprise Security Saved Searches, Search Maximum search concurrency, Search Scheduled search |
9.0.2209 |
| Section: Splunk premium solutions
Updates for Behavioral Analytics and Enterprise Security Automatic Lookups. |
9.0.2209 |
| Section: Subscription types
Updates to Subscription expansions, renewals, and terminations. |
9.0.2209 |
| Section: Supported versions
Updates to latest versions. |
9.0.2209 |
13 February 2023
| Description | Splunk Cloud 9.0.2209 |
|---|---|
| Update of Existing Content | |
| Section: Available regions and region differences
Add Edge Processor. |
9.0.2209 |
| Section: Data collection
Add Edge Processor. |
9.0.2209 |
| Section: Experience designations
Updates to Modular and scripted inputs. |
9.0.2209 |
| Section: Service limits and constraints
Add Edge Processor. |
9.0.2209 |
January 2023
12 January 2023
| Description | Splunk Cloud 9.0.2209 |
|---|---|
| Update of Existing Content | |
| Section: Service limits and constraints
Add Behavioral analytics service. |
9.0.2209 |
December 2022
20 December 2022
| Description | Splunk Cloud 9.0.2209 |
|---|---|
| Update of Existing Content | |
| Section: Available regions and region differences
Updates to Compliance. |
9.0.2209 |
| Section: Experience designations
Updates to Self-Service App Installation. |
9.0.2209 |
| Section: Service limits and constraints
Updates to Search. |
9.0.2209 |
November 2022
18 November 2022
| Description | Splunk Cloud 9.0 |
|---|---|
| Update of Existing Content | |
| Section: Version selector menu
Updates latest FedRAMP release to version 9.0.2209. |
9.0.2209 |
| Section: Available regions and region differences
Updates to Ingest Actions. |
9.0.2208, 9.0.2209 |
| Section: Compliance and certifications
Updates to DoD IL5 subscription. |
9.0.2209 |
| Section: Search
Updates to Federated Search compliance and version compatibility. |
9.0.2209 |
| Section: Search
Updates to supported hybrid search versions for 9.0.x. |
9.0.2209 |
| Section: Service limits and constraints
Updates to Federated Search. |
9.0.2209 |
| Section: Service limits and constraints
Updates to Ingest Actions. |
9.0.2208 |
September 2022
30 September 2022
| Description | Splunk Cloud 9.0 |
|---|---|
| Update of Existing Content | |
| Section: Version selector menu
Updates latest FedRAMP release to version 8.2.2203. |
8.2.2203 |
| Section: Experience designations
Updates to Indexer acknowledgement for private endpoints. |
9.0.2205 |
| Section: Experience designations
Add private connectivity. |
9.0.2205 |
| Section: Experience designations
Updates to IP allow list limits for AWS and GCP. |
9.0.2205 |
| Section: Network connectivity and data transfer
Add private connectivity in regulated cloud environments. |
9.0.2205 |
| Section: Supported forwarder versions
Updates to forwarder versions and support. |
9.0.2205 |
August 2022
19 August 2022
| Description | Splunk Cloud 8.2.2203 |
|---|---|
| Update of Existing Content | |
| Section: Available regions and region differences
Updates to customer-managed encryption keys support in Google Cloud regions |
8.2.2203 |
| Section: Available regions and region differences
Updates to Data Manager support in AWS regions. |
8.2.2203 |
| Section: Splunk premium solutions
Splunk support for premium solution updates. |
8.2.2203 |
June 2022
28 June 2022
| Description | Splunk Cloud 8.2.2203 |
|---|---|
| Update of Existing Content | |
| Various sections:
Federated search is now available for FedRAMP Moderate subscriptions in all supported regions. |
8.2.2203 |
| Section: Experience designations
Victoria Experience support for Information Security Registered Assessors Program (IRAP) subscription in AWS Sydney region. |
8.2.2203 |
23 June 2022
| Description | Splunk Cloud 8.2.2203 |
|---|---|
| Update of Existing Content | |
| Section: Supported versions
Updated the supported forwarder versions for 9.0.x. |
8.2.2203 |
03 June 2022
| Description | Splunk Cloud 8.2.x |
|---|---|
| Update of Existing Content | |
| Various sections:
Federated Search is now available for Google Cloud regions and PCI and HIPAA subscriptions in all supported regions. Federated Search from Splunk Cloud Platform to Splunk Enterprise is also supported. |
8.2.2203 |
| Section: Experience designation
Update to Enterprise Security (ES) maximum concurrent search service limits for the Victoria Experience. |
8.2.2203 |
| Section: Self-service capabilities
Update to include recently introduced Admin Config Service (ACS) capabilities including HEC Configuration, outbound port management, and app management. |
8.2.2203 |
| Section: Service limits and constraints
Clarification on Splunk Cloud Platform ID requirements for Google Cloud regions. Increase of IP allow list address rules per Splunk Cloud Platform environment from AWS and Google Cloud regions. Addition of Knowledge Bundle replication size and IT Service Intelligence Alert Ingestion service limits. |
8.2.2203 |
March 2022
| Description | Splunk Cloud 8.2.x |
|---|---|
| Update of Existing Content | |
| Section: Differences between Splunk Cloud Platform and Splunk Enterprise
Splunk Cloud Platform exclusively leverages SmartStore and SmartStore-enabled indexes are not compatible with the data integrity control feature. |
8.2.2107, 8.2.2109, 8.2.2111, 8.2.2112, 8.2.2201 |
February 2022
| Description | Splunk Cloud 8.2.x |
|---|---|
| Update of Existing Content | |
| Section: Available regions and region differences
Clarification on which regions are on Victoria Experience and Classic Experience. In addition, clarification for region support for customer-managed encryption keys. Finally, removal of Splunk App for Microsoft Exchange and Splunk App for VMware from the table since both are End of Sale. |
8.2.2107, 8.2.2109, 8.2.2111, 8.2.2112 |
| Section: Maintenance
Added a best practice recommendation to review the Splunk Cloud Platform Release Notes prior to a Splunk-initiated service update or routine maintenance. |
8.2.2107, 8.2.2109, 8.2.2111, 8.2.2112 |
| Section: Service limits and constraints
Clarification on a minimum of 2 characters for AWS regions and 3 characters for Google Cloud regions for the Splunk Cloud Platform ID. |
8.2.2107, 8.2.2109, 8.2.2111, 8.2.2112 |
| Section: Subscription types
Clarification on storage true-up for ingest-based subscriptions. |
8.2.2107, 8.2.2109, 8.2.2111, 8.2.2112 |
| Section: Supported versions
Updated versions for Enterprise Security and IT Service Intelligence. |
8.2.2107, 8.2.2109, 8.2.2111, 8.2.2112 |
January 2022
| Description | Splunk Cloud 8.2.x |
|---|---|
| Update of Existing Content | |
| Sections: Differences between Splunk Cloud Platform and Splunk Enterprise and Splunkbase and private apps
Issues identified for private apps by automated validation must be remediated. You can bypass manual validation but you must acknowledge the Splunk General Terms in order to do so. |
8.2.2112 |
December 2021
| Description | Splunk Cloud 8.2.x |
|---|---|
| Update of Existing Content | |
| Section: Experience designations
Updates to active indexes and Enterprise Security (ES) service limits for the Victoria experience. |
8.2.2107, 8.2.2109, 8.2.2111 |
| Section: Service limits and constraints
Clarification on HEC maximum content length size limit. |
8.2.2107, 8.2.2109, 8.2.2111 |
| Section: Storage
Clarification on Dynamic Data Active Archive (DDAA) restoration entitlement. |
8.2.2107, 8.2.2109, 8.2.2111 |
November 2021
| Description | Splunk Cloud 8.2.x |
|---|---|
| Update of Existing Content | |
| Section: Available regions and region differences
Splunk Cloud Platform is available in AWS Europe (Stockholm). |
8.2.2106, 8.2.2107, 8.2.2109 |
| Section: Experience designations
Updates regarding index configuration through API, indexer acknowledgement, customer-managed encryption keys, and Enterprise Security (ES) service limits. |
8.2.2106, 8.2.2107, 8.2.2109 |
| Section: Service limits and constraints
Updates to various service limits including maximum number of email recipients, maximum email attachment size, maximum ad hoc search concurrency per Splunk Cloud Platform environment, maximum KV Store size and collection size, and ES service limits. |
8.2.2106, 8.2.2107, 8.2.2109 |
September 2021
| Description | Splunk Cloud 8.2.x |
|---|---|
| New Content | |
| Section: Various
U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) has granted the Splunk Cloud Platform U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Impact Level 5 (IL5) Provisional Authorization (PA). |
8.2.2105, 8.2.2106, 8.2.2107 |
| Update of Existing Content | |
| Section: Available regions
Splunk Cloud Platform is available in AWS GovCloud US-East |
8.2.2105, 8.2.2106, 8.2.2107 |
| Section: Federated search
Federated search now supports Transparent Mode, which simplifies customer migration from hybrid search |
8.2.2107 |
| Section: Storage
Splunk manages the encryption keys on your behalf by default. If available in your region, you have the option to manage the encryption keys instead. |
8.2.2105, 8.2.2106, 8.2.2107 |
August 2021
| Description | Splunk Cloud 8.1.x and 8.2.x |
|---|---|
| New Content | |
| Section: Experience designations
This section clarifies how to determine your Splunk Cloud Platform Experience. Splunk Cloud Platform has one of two possible Experience designations: Classic or Victoria. Classic Experience and Victoria Experience provide nearly identical capabilities, with certain exceptions that are listed in this section. |
8.1.2103, 8.2.2104, 8.2.2105, 8.2.2106 |
| Update of Existing Content | |
| Section: Available regions
Splunk Cloud Platform is available in AWS Mumbai region. |
8.1.2103, 8.2.2104, 8.2.2105, 8.2.2106 |
| Section: Data collection
Clarification on lifecycle management of outbound firewall rules by using actual IP addresses provided by Splunk. |
8.1.2103, 8.2.2104, 8.2.2105, 8.2.2106 |
| Section: Service limits and constraints
Clarification on the tested limit for the number of Splunk Cloud Platform or Splunk Enterprise local deployments used with federated search. |
8.1.2103, 8.2.2104, 8.2.2105, 8.2.2106 |
June 2021
| Description | Splunk Cloud 8.1.x and 8.2.x |
|---|---|
| Update of Existing Content | |
| Sections: Hybrid search and Federated search
Clarification regarding hybrid search and Splunk Premium Solutions like Enterprise Security. |
8.1.2103, 8.2.2104, 8.2.2105 |
| Section: Storage
Clarification regarding the different types of storage available (DDAS, DDAA, and DDSS) and formatting changes for ease of navigation. |
8.1.2103, 8.2.2104, 8.2.2105 |
May 2021
| Description | Splunk Cloud 8.1.x and 8.2.x |
|---|---|
| New Content | |
| Section: Compliance and certifications
Availability of Information Security Registered Assessors Program (IRAP) subscription in AWS Sydney region. |
8.2.2104 |
| Section: Service limits and constraints
Service limit for scheduled searches. |
8.1.2101, 8.1.2103, 8.2.2104 |
| Sections: Search and Federated search
Conditions and limitations that apply to Federated search. |
8.1.2103, 8.2.2104 |
| Section: Splunkbase and private apps
Splunk Secure Gateway is included in Splunk Cloud Platform starting with release 8.1.2103. |
8.1.2103, 8.2.2104 |
| Update of Existing Content | |
| Section: Various
New version of Splunk Enterprise for forwarders, federated search, and hybrid search compatibility. |
8.1.2101, 8.1.2103, 8.2.2104 |
| Section: Available regions
Updated to reflect availability of Belgium region for Google Cloud. |
8.1.2101, 8.1.2103, 8.2.2104 |
| Section: Maintenance
Section updated to reflect changes to the Splunk Cloud Service Maintenance Policy that are effective starting May 3, 2021. |
8.1.2101, 8.1.2103, 8.2.2104 |
| Section: Splunk premium solutions
End of Sale has been announced for Splunk App for Microsoft Exchange and Splunk App for VMware. |
8.1.2101, 8.1.2103, 8.2.2104 |
| Section: Supported versions
New versions of Splunk Cloud Platform and ITSI are now available. |
8.1.2101, 8.1.2103, 8.2.2104 |
April 2021
| Description | Splunk Cloud 8.x version |
|---|---|
| New Content | |
| Section: Service limits and constraints
There is a maximum tested limit for the self-service private app management. |
8.1.2101 and 8.1.2103 |
| Update of Existing Content | |
| Section: Compliance and certifications
Federated search is currently unavailable for regulated (PCI and HIPAA) Splunk Cloud Platform environments. |
8.1.2103 only |
| Section: Differences between Splunk Cloud Platform and Splunk Enterprise
Clarification that Indexer Discovery and Indexer Acknowledgment are not supported in Splunk Cloud Platform. |
8.0.x-8.1.2103 |
| Section: Region differences
Admin Config Service (ACS) is now available in Google Cloud regions. |
8.1.2101 and 8.1.2103 |
| Section: Network connectivity and data transfer
Clarification that if choosing to use private connectivity in lieu of the public internet for Splunk Web access and sending your data, you must ensure your private connectivity choice can access public endpoints. |
8.1.2101 and 8.1.2103 |
| Section: Storage
Clarification on duration of Dynamic Data Active Archive (DDAA) data restoration. |
8.1.2101 and 8.1.2103 |
| Section: Subscription types
Clarification on data policies for workload-based and ingest-based subscriptions. |
8.1.2101 and 8.1.2103 |
March 2021
| Description | Splunk Cloud 8.1.x |
|---|---|
| New Content | |
| Section: Supported Python versions
Clarification of supported Python interpreters. |
X |
| Section: Supported hybrid search versions
Clarification of supported on-premises Splunk Enterprise versions for hybrid search configurations. |
X |
| Update of Existing Content | |
| Section: Various
Topics are now listed in alphabetical order and content consolidated for ease of navigation. Product names updated to latest. |
8.1.2101 only |
| Section: Various
Clarification of the two available subscription types: workload-based and ingest-based. |
8.1.2101 only |
| Section: Various
This release is the most current for Splunk Cloud FedRAMP. |
8.1.2012 only |
| Section: Current Splunk Cloud Platform and Premium App versions
Updated versions for Enterprise Security and IT Service Intelligence. |
X |
February 2021
| Description | Splunk Cloud 8.0.x and 8.1.x | Splunk Cloud 8.1.x |
|---|---|---|
| Update of Existing Content | ||
| Section: Service limits and constraints
Enhancement of the content in Limitations and Additional information for the following service components:
|
X |
January 2021
| Description | Splunk Cloud 7.2.x | Splunk Cloud 8.0.x and 8.1.x |
|---|---|---|
| New Content | ||
| Section: Self-service capabilities
New section that summarizes a list of common Splunk Cloud self-service tasks and the primary interface to action. |
X | |
| Update of Existing Content | ||
| Section: Various
Updated to reflect availability of Paris region for AWS and Canada (Montreal) for Google Cloud. |
X | |
| Section: Various
Updated with the ability to perform updates to the IP Allow List by using the Admin Config Service (ACS). |
X |
December 2020
| Description | Splunk Cloud 7.2.x | Splunk Cloud 8.0.x and 8.1.x |
|---|---|---|
| Update of Existing Content | ||
| Section: Users and Authentication
Clarification on Admin and system user roles utilized as part of Splunk performing monitoring and maintenance activities on Splunk Cloud environments. |
X | X |
| Section: Supported Forwarder Versions
Updated the supported Splunk Cloud versions for forwarder versions 7.3.x and 8.0.x. |
X | |
| Section: Current Versions
Updated the version of Enterprise Security (ES) available. |
X | |
| Section: Various
Removed any variation of the term managed Splunk Cloud deployment. Updated any variation of the term self-service Splunk Cloud deployment to Splunk Cloud Free Trial and revised content. |
X | |
| Section: Various
Updated any variation of the term self-service Splunk Cloud deployment to e-commerce Splunk Cloud deployment in the 7.0.13 and 7.2.9 documentation. |
X |
November 2020
| Description | Splunk Cloud 7.2 | Splunk Cloud 8.0 |
|---|---|---|
| Update of Existing Content | ||
| Section: Various
Updated to reflect availability of DDAA and DDSS and also the Frankfurt and Sydney regions for Google Cloud. |
X | |
| Section: Current Versions
Updated the version of IT Service Intelligence (ITSI) available. |
X |
October 2020
| Description | Splunk Cloud 7.2 | Splunk Cloud 8.0 |
|---|---|---|
| Update of Existing Content | ||
| Section: Various sections
Updated to reflect that Splunk Cloud FedRAMP now supports version 8.0.2007. |
X |
September 2020
| Description | Splunk Cloud 7.2 | Splunk Cloud 8.0 |
|---|---|---|
| Update of Existing Content | ||
| Section: Compliance and certifications
Updated to reflect that Splunk Cloud HIPAA is available in GCP regions. |
X |
August 2020
| Description | Splunk Cloud 7.2 | Splunk Cloud 8.0 |
|---|---|---|
| New Content | ||
| Section: Search
Added to the hybrid search capabilities table to clarify there is no support for hybrid search head clustering. |
X | X |
| Section: Differences between Splunk Cloud and Splunk Enterprise
Added to the differences table to reflect Splunk Cloud does not support Indexer Discovery and that Indexer Acknowledgement is supported with HTTP Event Collector (HEC). |
X | X |
| Section: Users and authentication
Added that depending on Splunk Cloud version and identity providers (IdP), token based authentication is supported. |
X | |
| Section: Enterprise Security Service Limits
Added an entry for ES Automatic Lookups service limits. |
X | X |
| Update of Existing Content | ||
| Section: Various sections
Updated to reflect that Splunk Cloud in GCP regions are SOC2 compliant. |
X | |
| Section: Maintenance
Updated that by default, customers will receive the current version of Splunk Cloud and Premium App subscriptions. If you are on a prior version of Splunk Cloud and Premium App subscriptions, you will be upgraded when Splunk determines you have satisfied the upgrade readiness prerequisites. |
X | X |
| Section: Search
Updated the hybrid search capabilities table to clarify hybrid search head version compatibility requirement is major.minor releases. |
X | X |
| Section: Current Versions
Updated the version of Enterprise Security (ES) and IT Service Intelligence (ITSI) available. |
X |
June 2020
| Description | Splunk Cloud 7.2 | Splunk Cloud 8.0 |
|---|---|---|
| Update of Existing Content | ||
| Section: Splunk Premium Solution
Updated section to reflect that Splunk Business Flow (SBF) is no longer available as a Premium Solution. SBF content removed from service description. |
X | X |
May 2020
| Description | Splunk Cloud 7.2 | Splunk Cloud 8.0 |
|---|---|---|
| New Content | ||
| Section: Various sections
Added that Splunk Cloud is available in three Google Cloud (GCP) regions. In addition, there are currently differences in service capabilities between Splunk Cloud in AWS and GCP regions. |
X | |
| Section: Performance Considerations
New topic added to clarify Splunk Virtual Compute (SVC) entitlement for ingest-based subscriptions and how to review SVC usage. |
X | X |
| Section: Various sections
Splunk Cloud is available in AWS Seoul region. |
X | X |
| Update of Existing Content | ||
| Section: Maintenance
To ensure efficiency and agility, customers will be assigned to an upgrade cohort and as Splunk releases new versions of Splunk Cloud and Premium Apps, your cohort will be notified by Splunk of the upcoming maintenance window. |
X | X |
| Section: Current Versions
Updated the version of IT Service Intelligence (ITSI) available. |
X |
March 2020
| Description | Splunk Cloud 7.2 | Splunk Cloud 8.0 |
|---|---|---|
| Update of Existing Content | ||
| Section: Search
Updated the hybrid search capabilities table to clarify you can initiate searches from an on-premises Splunk Enterprise search head to a single Splunk Cloud deployment |
X | X |
February 2020
| Description | Splunk Cloud 7.2 | Splunk Cloud 8.0 |
|---|---|---|
| New Content | ||
| Section: Workload Pricing
A new topic was added to describe the newly introduced workload pricing subscription that is an alternate pricing option to ingest-based. This pricing model is based on the resources allocated rather than data volume ingested. Additional information was provided to describe the main differences between workload and ingest-based subscriptions. |
X | X |
| Section: Maintenance
Added information that clarifies that Splunk maintains a rolling 30-day history of health and utilization data plus a rolling 7-day daily backup of your ingested data and configuration files to ensure data durability. |
X | X |
| Section: Service Limits
Added information that clarifies the Unique Splunk Cloud name chosen by you cannot exceed the 18-character count limit. |
X | X |
| Update of Existing Content | ||
| Section: Various sections
Updated to provide clarification that Splunk Cloud FedRAMP supports hybrid search. In addition, Federal agencies can request the Cloud FedRAMP package from the FedRAMP Marketplace. |
X | |
| Section: Compliance and certifications
With the availability of Splunk Cloud FedRAMP, the legacy GovCloud offering is superseded. GovCloud content removed from service description. |
X |
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This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk Cloud Platform™: 8.2.2112, 8.2.2201, 8.2.2202, 8.2.2203, 9.0.2205, 9.0.2208, 9.0.2209, 9.0.2303, 9.0.2305, 9.1.2308 (latest FedRAMP release), 9.1.2312
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