Release notes for the Splunk App for Unix and Linux

This topic contains information on new features, known issues, and updates for the Splunk App for Unix and Linux.

The Splunk Add-on for Unix and Linux was last updated in March 13, 2020.

What's new

Splunk App for Unix and Linux version 6.0.0 now uses Python 3 interpreter by default for its inputs.

See the known issues and fixed issues of these release notes for product updates.

Known issues

This version of the Splunk App for Unix and Linux has the following reported known issues and workarounds. If no issues appear below, no issues have yet been reported.

Date filed	Issue number	Description
2021-02-15	TAG-13640	Alerts Dashboard - alert model is not working properly in alert summary table
2020-10-07	TAG-13440	Unix app get_hosts api taking too much time causing the timeout in cloud environment
2020-09-29	TAG-13433	Splunk app for unix not showing heat map for more than 100 hosts on hosts page
2020-02-20	TAG-12982	Unix app | There's an invalid key error on Splunk 7.x because the Addon uses the Python 3 interpreter by default.
2020-01-07	TAG-12828	The Splunk App for Unix and Linux doesn't work in Internet Explorer.