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. Welcome to Splunk Observability Cloud Learn about the basic elements of Splunk Observability Cloud and all it can do for you.
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Overview Splunk Observability Cloud overview :ref:`welcome`
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Scenarios A collection of scenarios for using Splunk Observability Cloud to address your goals :ref:`scenario-landing`
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Tutorials A collection of task-based tutorials to achieve a goal in Splunk Observability Cloud :ref:`tutorial-landing`
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Admin onboarding guide Admin guide for onboarding Splunk Observability Cloud :ref:`admin-onboarding-guide`
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Service description Benefits and service terms of Splunk Observability Cloud :ref:`o11y-service-description`
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Architecture Architecture of Splunk Observability Cloud :ref:`architecture`
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. Get your data in The first step toward observability is getting relevant data into Splunk Observability Cloud. View :ref:`all supported integrations <supported-data-sources>`.
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Compatibility and requirements Systems and languages you can use with Splunk Observability Cloud :ref:`requirements`
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OpenTelemetry Install the Splunk Distribution of the OpenTelemetry Collector :ref:`otel-intro`
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Cloud providers Integrate to collect service metrics and logs :ref:`get-started-connect`
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Back-end apps and services Instrument to collect traces and logs :ref:`get-started-application`
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Front-end app user experiences Instrument to collect user sessions :ref:`rum-gdi`
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Serverless functions Instrument to collect traces and logs :ref:`instrument-serverless-functions`
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. Explore and monitor your environment After you have data coming into Splunk Observability Cloud, you can do some exploring.
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Infrastructure Monitoring Monitor server and cluster metrics :ref:`wcidw-imm`
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Application Performance Monitoring Monitor back-end app and service traces :ref:`get-started-apm`
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Real User Monitoring Monitor data about front-end app user experiences :ref:`wcidw-rum`
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Log Observer Connect Query logs to identify root causes :ref:`logs-intro-logconnect`
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Synthetic Monitoring Proactively monitor the performance of web resources :ref:`welcome-synthmon`
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All products Learn more about all Splunk Observability Cloud products :ref:`welcome`
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. Set up alerts and customize your account Prepare for issues that might arise by setting up alerts, custom dashboards, and other advanced features.
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Detectors and alerts Receive alerts about conditions you care about :ref:`create-detectors`
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Dashboards and charts Get actionable insights about the systems you monitor :ref:`dashboards`
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Span tags Use span tags to add useful metadata to traces :ref:`apm-add-context-trace-span`
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Logs pipeline Add value to your raw logs by customizing your pipeline :ref:`logs-pipeline`
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Related Content Enable users to seamlessly move across product views :ref:`get-started-relatedcontent`
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Global Data Links Provide convenient access to relevant resources :ref:`link-metadata-to-content`
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. Administer your account As a Splunk Observability Cloud administrator, use these tools to give your users a secure and relevant user experience.
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Get started Learn how to set up and administer your organization :ref:`admin-admin`
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Access tokens Authenticate and track API use :ref:`admin-org-tokens`
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Users Invite users and set access levels :ref:`admin-manage-users`
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Teams Create teams to help coordinate teamwork :ref:`admin-manage-teams`
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Single sign-on Set up an integration to an SSO provider :ref:`sso-label`
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Subscription usage Monitor subscription usage for Infrastructure Monitoring :ref:`subscription-overview`
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. Popular integrations Access documentation for some of the most popular integrations used to get data into Splunk Observability Cloud.
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Linux Collect metrics and logs :ref:`get-started-linux`
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Kubernetes Collect metrics and logs :ref:`get-started-k8s`
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Windows Collect metrics and logs :ref:`get-started-windows`
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Amazon Web Services Collect metrics and logs :ref:`get-started-aws`
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Azure Collect metrics :ref:`get-started-azure`
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Browser Collect user sessions :ref:`browser-rum-gdi`
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.NET Collect traces :ref:`get-started-dotnet-otel`
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Java Collect traces :ref:`get-started-java`
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Ruby Collect traces :ref:`get-started-ruby`
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Node.js Collect traces :ref:`get-started-nodejs`
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PHP Collect traces :ref:`get-started-php`
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C++ Collect traces :ref:`get-started-cpp`
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All supported integrations View a list of all supported integrations :ref:`supported-data-sources`
.. toctree:: :caption: Get started :maxdepth: 2 get-started/welcome
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 Service description <get-started/service-description>
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 Get started <get-started/o11y>
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 About Mobile TOGGLE <get-started/intro-to-mobile>
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 Splunk Observability Cloud architecture <get-started/o11y-architecture>
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 Contribute to our documentation <get-started/contribute>
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 Free and paid courses <get-started/education-resources>
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 Free trial experience <get-started/o11y-trial>
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 Support <get-started/support>
.. toctree:: :caption: Scenarios and tutorials :maxdepth: 4 Scenarios <scenarios-tutorials/scenario-landing>
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 Tutorials <scenarios-tutorials/tutorial-landing>
.. toctree:: :caption: Splunk platform users :maxdepth: 3 Splunk Observability Cloud and the Splunk platform <splunkplatform/practice-reliability/splunkplatform-landing>
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 Unified Identity <splunkplatform/unified-id/unified-identity>
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 Scenarios <splunkplatform/scenarios/integration-scenario-landing>
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.. toctree:: :caption: Administer Splunk Observability Cloud :maxdepth: 3 Admin onboarding guide TOGGLE <admin/admin-onboarding/admin-onboarding-guide>
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 admin/admin
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 Authentication and Security TOGGLE <admin/authentication/authentication-intro>
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 User and team management TOGGLE <admin/user-management/user-management-intro>
.. toctree:: :hidden: :maxdepth: 3 Send alert notifications to third-party services TOGGLE <admin/notif-services/admin-notifs-index>
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 View organization metrics <admin/org-metrics>
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 Monitor subscription usage and billing TOGGLE <admin/subscription-usage/subscription-usage-overview>
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 Org reference info TOGGLE <admin/references/org-info>
.. toctree:: :caption: Get your data in :maxdepth: 3 gdi/get-data-in/get-data-in
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 Compatibility and requirements <gdi/requirements>
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 Available integrations TOGGLE <gdi/integrations-list>
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 Connect to your cloud service provider TOGGLE <gdi/get-data-in/connect/connect>
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 Private connectivity TOGGLE <gdi/private-connectivity/private-connectivity-landing>
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 4 Splunk Distribution of the OpenTelemetry Collector TOGGLE <gdi/opentelemetry/opentelemetry>
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 4 Collect infrastructure metrics and logs TOGGLE <gdi/get-data-in/compute/compute>
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 4 Instrument back-end services TOGGLE <gdi/get-data-in/application/application>
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 4 Instrument serverless functions TOGGLE <gdi/get-data-in/serverless/instrument-serverless-functions>
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 4 Instrument front-end applications TOGGLE <gdi/get-data-in/rum/rum-instrumentation>
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 4 gdi/other-ingestion-methods/other-data-ingestion-methods
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 SignalFx Smart Agent (Deprecated) TOGGLE <gdi/smart-agent/smart-agent-intro>
.. toctree:: :caption: Understand and analyze your data :maxdepth: 3 metrics-and-metadata/data-model
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 Use internal search <metrics-and-metadata/search>
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 Metrics, metadata and events TOGGLE <metrics-and-metadata/metrics-landing>
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 Data tools TOGGLE <metrics-and-metadata/data-tools-landing>
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 SignalFlow and analytics TOGGLE <analytics/signalflow-analytics-intro>
.. toctree:: :caption: Dashboards and charts :maxdepth: 3 Dashboards TOGGLE <data-visualization/dashboards/dashboards>
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 Charts TOGGLE <data-visualization/charts/charts>
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 Navigate with data links <data-visualization/navigate-with-data-links>
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 Override default time range <data-visualization/use-time-range-selector>
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 Read and write permissions <data-visualization/permissions>
.. toctree:: :caption: Alerts, detectors, and SLOs :maxdepth: 3 Introduction to alerts and detectors <alerts-detectors-notifications/alerts-detectors-notifications>
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 Alerts and detectors scenario library TOGGLE <alerts-detectors-notifications/scenarios-detectors-alerts/scenarios-intro>
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 Use and customize AutoDetect alerts and detectors TOGGLE <alerts-detectors-notifications/autodetect/autodetect>
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 Create detectors to trigger alerts <alerts-detectors-notifications/create-detectors-for-alerts>
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 alerts-detectors-notifications/detector-manage-permissions
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 Link detectors to charts <alerts-detectors-notifications/link-detectors-to-charts>
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 Manage notification subscribers <alerts-detectors-notifications/manage-notifications>
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 Preview detector alerts <alerts-detectors-notifications/preview-detector-alerts>
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 View alerts <alerts-detectors-notifications/view-alerts>
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 View detectors <alerts-detectors-notifications/view-detectors>
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 Mute alert notifications <alerts-detectors-notifications/mute-notifications>
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 Auto-clear alerts <alerts-detectors-notifications/auto-clearing-alerts>
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 Troubleshoot detectors <alerts-detectors-notifications/troubleshoot-detectors>
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 Detector options <alerts-detectors-notifications/detector-options>
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 Built-in alert conditions TOGGLE <alerts-detectors-notifications/alert-condition-reference/index>
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 alerts-detectors-notifications/alert-message-variables-reference
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 Service level objectives TOGGLE <alerts-detectors-notifications/slo/slo-intro>
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.. toctree:: :caption: Application Performance Monitoring :maxdepth: 3 apm/intro-to-apm
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 apm/key-concepts
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 Scenarios for troubleshooting errors and monitoring application performance using Splunk APM TOGGLE <apm/apm-scenarios/apm-scenarios-intro>
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 Set up Splunk APM TOGGLE <apm/set-up-apm/apm>
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 Manage services, spans, and traces in Splunk APM TOGGLE <apm/apm-spans-traces/traces-spans>
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 Analyze services with span tags and MetricSets TOGGLE <apm/span-tags/span-tags>
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 Correlate traces to track Business Workflows TOGGLE <apm/workflows/workflows>
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 Visualize and alert on your application in Splunk APM TOGGLE <apm/apm-alert-visualize/alert-visualize>
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 AlwaysOn Profiling TOGGLE <apm/profiling/intro-profiling>
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 Monitor Database Query Performance TOGGLE <apm/db-query-perf/db-query-performance>
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 Use Data Links to connect APM properties to relevant resources TOGGLE <apm/apm-data-links/data-links-landing>
.. toctree:: :caption: Infrastructure :maxdepth: 3 Introduction <infrastructure/intro-to-infrastructure>
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 Key concepts <infrastructure/terms-concepts>
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 infrastructure/infrastructure
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 Monitor services and hosts <infrastructure/monitor/monitor-services-hosts>
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 Use navigators <infrastructure/use-navigators>
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 Filter data <infrastructure/filter-landing-page>
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 Metrics pipeline management TOGGLE <infrastructure/metrics-pipeline/metrics-pipeline>
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 Network Explorer TOGGLE <infrastructure/network-explorer/network-explorer>
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 Virtual metrics <infrastructure/virtual-metrics>
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 Resolution and data retention <infrastructure/retention>
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 Resolution and data retention (DPM) <infrastructure/dpm-retention>
.. toctree:: :caption: Log Observer :maxdepth: 3 Splunk Log Observer Connect TOGGLE <logs/lo-connect-landing>
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 Splunk Log Observer TOGGLE <logs/log-observer-landing>
.. toctree:: :caption: Real User Monitoring :maxdepth: 3 rum/intro-to-rum
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 rum/rum-terminology-concepts
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 Splunk RUM scenario library TOGGLE <rum/rum-scenario-library/scenario-landingpage>
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 Set up Splunk RUM <rum/set-up-rum>
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 rum/sensitive-data-rum
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 rum/data-collected
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 rum/RUM-custom-events
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 rum/error-aggregates
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 rum/rum-identify-span-problems
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 rum/rum-tag-search
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 rum/rum-rules
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 rum/rum-alerts
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 Splunk RUM dashboards TOGGLE <rum/rum-dashboards/rum-dashboards>
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 rum/RUM-metrics
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 rum/rum-session-replay
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 rum/sample-app
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 rum/rum-third-party-software
.. toctree:: :caption: Synthetics :maxdepth: 3 synthetics/intro-synthetics
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 synthetics/key-concepts
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 Synthetics scenario library TOGGLE <synthetics/synth-scenarios/synth-landing>
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 synthetics/set-up-synthetics/set-up-synthetics
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 Use a Browser test to test a webpage TOGGLE <synthetics/browser-test/browser-test>
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 Use an Uptime test to test port or HTTP uptime TOGGLE <synthetics/uptime-test/uptime-test>
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 Use an API test to test an endpoint TOGGLE <synthetics/api-test/api-test>
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 Configure your tests TOGGLE <synthetics/test-config/test-config>
.. toctree:: :caption: Reference and Legal :maxdepth: 3 Third-party software credits </references/third-party-credits>
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 Glossary <references/glossary>