Description
Prerequisites
Required:
- Using Splunk Application Performance Monitoring
- Familiarity with using the command line terminal
Strongly recommended:
- Basic knowledge of programming languages (e.g. Python, Java)
Course Objectives
- Deploy the Splunk OTel Collector
- Configure the Splunk OTel Collector processor components
- Use Auto-Instrumentation to Send Traces
- Add metadata to your traces
- Enable AlwaysOn Profiling
Outline: Configuring Tracing and Profiling for Splunk APM (CTPAPM)
Topic 1 – Deploy and Configure the Otel Collector
- Deploy the Splunk OTel Collector
- Configure the OTel Collector
Topic 2 – Auto-Instrument Applications To Send Traces
- Describe instrumentation options
- Use auto-instrumentation to send in traces
Topic 3 – Configure the OTel Collector to Modify Trace Attributes
- Describe the OTel Collector architecture
- Configure processor components to modify trace metadata
Topic 4 – Enable Splunk AlwaysOn Profiling
- Enable AlwaysOn Profiling in applications