Create a Metrics Streams on ThousandEyes for Splunk Observability Cloud

Choose one of the following methods to create your stream to Splunk Observability Cloud:

API MethodUI Method

Use the ThousandEyes API through Postman to create the stream programmatically.

• Open the Create metrics stream - Splunk Observability request in your Postman collection
• Click Send to execute the API request

API Documentation

For detailed API parameters and options, check the ThousandEyes API documentation.

Use the ThousandEyes web interface to create the stream integration manually via OpenTelemetry.

To integrate Splunk Observability Cloud with ThousandEyes, follow these steps:

• Navigate to Manage > Integrations > Integration 1.0
• Click + New Integration and select OpenTelemetry Integration
• Configure the integration settings:
  • Enter a Name for the integration (e.g., "Splunk Observability Cloud Metrics Integration")
  • Set the Target to HTTP
  • Enter the Endpoint URL to send data in OTLP (OpenTelemetry Protocol) format:

    https://ingest.<REALM>.signalfx.com/v2/datapoint/otlp
    

    • Replace <REALM> with your Splunk environment such as us1, eu0, us0
  • For Preset Configuration, select Splunk Observability Cloud
  • For Auth Type, select Custom
  • Set the following Custom Headers:
    • X-SF-Token: {TOKEN}
      • Enter your Splunk Observability Cloud access token
    • Content-Type: application/x-protobuf
  • Select Metric as the OpenTelemetry Signal
  • Select v2 as the Data Model Version
  • For Network & App Synthetic, select a the test that you want to stream data from
• Click Save

Test Selection

For more information on creating a test, see the previous step or General Setup Instructions.

Receiving data

The stream will begin sending data to Splunk Observability Cloud in a couple of minutes.