October 1, 2024 🔗
Splunk Observability Cloud released the following new features and enhancements on October 1, 2024. This is not an exhaustive list of changes in the observability ecosystem. For a detailed breakdown of changes in versioned components, see the list of changelogs.
Log Observer Connect 🔗
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Splunk virtual compute (SVC) optimization |
You can optimize SVC, resulting in performance improvements and cost savings, by using new Play, Pause, and Run search buttons in the UI. The default limit is 150,000 logs. For more information, see Search logs by keywords or fields. |
Data ingest 🔗
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Kubernetes control plane metrics |
In a continued effort to replace Smart Agent monitors with OpenTelemetry Collector receivers, a collection of Kubernetes control plane metrics are available using OpenTelemetry Prometheus receivers that target Prometheus endpoints. For more information see Activate Kubernetes control plane metrics with the Prometheus receiver. |
Data management 🔗
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Data retention for archived metrics extended from 8 to 31 days |
To facilitate long-term data and historical trend analysis, you can store archived metrics for up to 31 days. You can also customize your restoration time window when creating exception rules. |
Terraform implementation |
You can use Terraform to archive metrics and create exception rules, such as routing a subset of metrics to the real-time tier rather than the archival tier. |
Service level objective (SLO) 🔗
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SignalFlow editor for custom metrics SLO |
You can use SignalFlow to define metrics and filters when creating a custom metric SLO. For more information, see Measure and track your service health metrics with service level objectives (SLOs). The feature released on October 2, 2024. |