Create a Splunk APM Integration

We need to provide to ThousandEyes the Splunk Observabiltiy APM url and token to be able to get the traces and represent it as a Service Map. We will be using the credentials from the Splunk Observability owned by ThousandEyes, as the traces will be coming from the OpenTelemetry demo application running in the cloud.

• In the ThousandEyes platform, navigate to Manage > Integrations > Integrations 2.0

• Create a Generic Connector with the following details:

  • Click + New Connector, then select Generic Connector
  • Enter the Name: Splunk Observability APM
  • Enter the Target URL: https://api.<REALM>.signalfx.com
    • Replace <REALM> with your Splunk realm (for example, us0, us1, eu1)
  • Select the Splunk Observability APM from the Preset Configuration dropdown
  • Set the Custom headers:
    • X-SF-Token: <access_token>
      • Replace <access_token> with your Splunk Observability access token
  • Click Save & Assign Operation

  

• Create an Operation:

  • Click + New Operation to open the menu to select the operation type
  • Choose Splunk Observability APM to proceed to the configration form
  • Enter the Operation Name: Splunk Observability APM
  • Click Save & Assign Connector

• Assign the Operation to the Connector:
  • Select the Splunk Observability APM from the Connector dropdown
  • Click Save & Assign Operation