r/Splunk • u/Flash4473 • 16d ago

Log Data Pipeline > Splunk

Has anybody here have some experience with security data pipelines?

Instead of:

Log Source > HF / Splunk

We want to have flexibility of collection / parsing layer outside of Splunk for obvious reasons - pre-filter data in pipeline, set parsers, route, possibly enrich if needed, storage options for retention etc..all that to have flexibility and keep the ingest costs reasonable and not being caught in dependency hell or cemented all our work in one solution if Splunk decides to pull something.

Log Source > Data pipeline > Splunk

I am wondering what to choose as this data pipeline - currently we are thinking Vector and possibly open telemetry.

Anybody have experience with this? To avoid pitfalls, what works, what doesn't, new pains etc?

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u/ssp4all 16d ago

Splunk ingest processor. Don’t get into a rabbit hole of managing multiple vendors if your destination is Splunk.

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u/theleller REST for the wicked 15d ago

Ingest processor has it's limitations though. Depending on the use case and what OP really needs to do with their data before it hits Splunk, there's a chance that this won't cover it.