About the Splunk App for Unix and Linux

The Splunk App for Unix and Linux provides pre-built data inputs, searches, reports, alerts, and dashboards for Linux and Unix management. You can monitor, manage, and troubleshoot *nix operating systems from one place. Included are a set of scripted inputs for collecting CPU, disk, I/O, memory, log, configuration, and user data.

Use the Splunk App for Unix and Linux to:

• Get information about who's logged into your system, including last login times and unauthorized login attempts.
• Find out how much network throughput and bandwidth your system is using.
• Determine the status of current running processes on your system, and who is running them.
• Learn what software is installed on your system.

How does it work?

The Splunk App for Unix and Linux runs on top of a Splunk instance and gathers various system metrics, including:

• Hardware information - CPU type, count, and cache; hard drives; network interface cards, count, and memory, as well as CPU statistics.
• Disk information, including available disk space and associated input/output statistics for devices and partitions.
• Information about the configured network interfaces, including connections, routing tables, and TCP/UDP transfer statistics .
• User statistics, including last login times for system accounts, user attributes, and security-related information.
• Information about processes, the files they open, and other resources they use.

The app presents this data to you with pre-built reports and dashboards to give you full visibility into your system's operation.

How do I get it?

Download the Splunk App for Unix and Linux from Splunkbase.