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Getting Kubernetes Data into Splunk and Observability
OpenTelemetry is the default way to get Kubernetes logs, metrics and traces. Step-by-step Kubernetes onboarding to the Splunk platform and Observability Cloud.
I'm a Splunk consultant. I spent three years at Splunk as a developer and tech lead on the data onboarding tools: Splunk Connect for Syslog, the OpenTelemetry Collector for Kubernetes, and most recently the data onboarding agent. I'm a Splunk Enterprise Certified Architect, and I work with in-house Splunk teams and Splunk partners on getting data in, keeping environments healthy and making the data actually usable.
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Every Way to Get Data Into Splunk in 2026: Field Guide
The complete field guide to Splunk data ingestion: forwarders, HEC, add-ons, SC4S, OpenTelemetry, Data Inputs, Edge and Ingest Processor.
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