Alkira and Splunk
for resilient cloud networking
Overview
Splunk and Alkira have partnered to deliver resilient enterprise cloud networking that modernizes connectivity, and is delivered as a service for the utmost in agility.
Splunk is the leader in enterprise resilience, with a suite of solutions that help businesses power digital transformation. Alkira is the pioneer in Cloud Networking as a Service (NaaS), providing simplified and holistic cloud networking connectivity at enterprise scale.
Splunk and Alkira are fully integrated, enabling enterprises to manage cloud networking simply and easily, and leverage next-generation data and insights to boost resiliency, improve performance, and troubleshoot issues.
This joint solution enables fully-featured Splunk resiliency solutions to be deployed in tandem with Alkira Cloud Networking as a Service, directly from the Alkira solution in just a few clicks.
Key Features
Seamless integration using Splunk HEC
Quickly and Easily send audit and alert logs from Alkira to Splunk
Real-time networking data and support for multiple Splunk instances
No hardware or software to manage – entirely as a service from both Alkira and Splunk
How does it work?
Alkira fully-integrates with Splunk Enterprise or Splunk Cloud Platform using the Splunk HTTP Event Collector.
The HTTP Event Collector (HEC) lets you send data and application events to a Splunk deployment over the HTTP and Secure HTTP (HTTPS) protocols. HEC uses a token- based authentication model. You can generate a token and then configure a logging library or HTTP client with the token to send data to HEC in a specific format. This process eliminates the need for a Splunk forwarder when you send application events. Splunk services are available within the Alkira solution and can be set up and deployed in just a few clicks.
