In the previous article “Mobile Analytics with Storm“, we discussed how to configure the logging library for mobile apps to send stacktrace messages to Storm via REST API. To make this logging library more usable and robust, mobile app developers are now able to send invaluable stacktrace messages via TCP (through the Network Inputs option). The configuration steps are incredibly simple and are summarized using the diagram shown below:

1. Click at “Network data” to enable Storm to receive data via TCP
2. Click at “Authorize your IP address” so that Storm is receiving data from authorized IP address(es). Please take note of the “IP/Port combination” in “Send data to” – we are going

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The Splunk SDKs for Ruby and C# have reached Beta! Developers familiar with Ruby and C#/.NET can now easily leverage their existing skills to integrate data and functionality from Splunk with other applications across the enterprise, letting the entire organization get more value out of Splunk. Do you have an existing reporting app or customer support system that would benefit from being able to search and display data from Splunk? Want to build a .NET or Ruby app powered by Splunk data?  Then these SDKs are for you. As Beta releases these SDKs are now fully supported, customers with support contracts are covered for any questions about the Splunk SDKs for C# and Ruby.

• Download the

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Tools

I’m a tools kind of a guy. I like things that make my life easier or allow me to accomplish some task that would be otherwise prohibitive. I also like Tool the band , but that’s another blog.

And so it is with software. Languages, libraries, frameworks are just tools that make it easier for us to accomplish some task.

Modular Inputs

With the release of Splunk 5 came a great new feature called Modular Inputs.

Modular Inputs extend the Splunk framework to define a custom input capability.In many respects you can think of them as your old friend the “scripted input” , but elevated to first class citizen status in the Splunk Manager. Splunk treats your…

What is Websphere MQ

IBM Websphere MQ , formerly known as MQSeries , is IBM’s Message Oriented Middleware offering and has been the most widely implemented system for messaging across multiple platforms over the last couple of decades.

What is Message Oriented Middleware

From Wikipedia :

“Message-oriented middleware (MOM) is software or hardware infrastructure supporting sending and receiving messages between distributed systems. MOM allows application modules to be distributed over heterogeneous platforms and reduces the complexity of developing applications that span multiple operating systems and network protocols. The middleware creates a distributed communications layer that insulates the application developer from the details of the various operating system and network interfaces. APIs that extend across diverse platforms and networks are typically

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Recently David Turanski from SpringSource and myself held a joint webinar on Extending Spring Integration for Splunk.

The developer feedback was great , and no feedback is better than when an audience member gets inspired to go and create and new set of Splunk components for another enterprise Java framework , in this case Apache Camel.

Similarly to Spring Integration , Apache Camel is an open-source integration framework based on Enterprise Integration Patterns. The programming semantic  to which the developer builds their integration solution with the respective frameworks will differ, and for this reason the developer may prefer one framework over the over , but the high level approach is the same, that being a development framework…

Splunk SDK for Java now has maven support

I am happy to announce Splunk4Good is formally partnering with Geeks Without Bounds (GWOB) in 2013! The partnership will lend broad support to GWOB’s mission and encourage the use of Splunk products in humanitarian projects.

GWOB is a non-profit organization with a mission to apply technology as an accelerator for humanitarian projects. In order to achieve this mission GWOB hosts humanitarian hackathons around the globe and also works with humanitarian startups in an accelerator program with 2 cohorts per year.

Read a bit more about GWOB in the words of their Executive Director, Willow Brugh, (and click thru to read their full Theory of Change):

Geeks Without Bounds works towards positive change by bridging the gap between technological

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I’ve recently developed a Splunk app called “splunkbase“.  It looks at your Splunk installation and suggests apps on splunkbase.com relevant to your data.  It analyzes your indexed data, as well as data in your file system not yet indexed.  It also suggests apps based on what other Splunk users have installed at similar installations — sort of like how Amazon will suggest items to purchase based on what other users similar to you have purchase.

The app is simple to run — it’s just one dashboard, with several reports that suggest apps.

Security: At no time is any of your data uploaded or forwarded on. The signatures of all free splunkbase apps are included with this app so…

Newest member of the Splunk’s SDK family – CSharp was finally released to the public last week.

Splunk SDK for CSharp is now available for download. The SDK enables all the basic use cases, some of which are listed below:

• Connect to Splunk
• Get data out from Splunk by running the blocking and asynchronous searches
• Export data from Splunk using the /export endpoint
• Write data into Splunk
• Manage Splunk objects
• and more …

Learn more and find out how to get started at Splunk SDK for CSharp. Download the SDK and let us know what you think at DevInfo.

Let’s take a look at some sample code …

Connect to Splunk

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On March 6, 2013 after SplunkLive in Philadelphia, developers joined forces with Splunkers for a Hackathon at Seed Philly. Despite the weather that we were having in Philly, everyone did a great job on using Splunk and interesting data to create an innovative apps!

Jonathan Luste, Marquise Lee, Alem Abreha, Patrick Shumate, Sean Brown {team name: “Team Comcast”, spirit animal: “Mongoose”} won 1st place for Best App!  Bringing their creative minds together they Splunked Philadelphia Crime data to see violent vs non-violent crimes and incident rates that are displayed on the maps. Check out the pic of the team presenting and a couple screenshots of the app!

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