I have been tasked with figuring out how to monitor server activity using splunk and create alerts
For example, let's say that we have 10 servers that all run the same code. The traffic is load balanced and the code performs a process, that either completes successfully. At the end of the process there is a flag that is set such as "Successful = yes or no". There is also a couple of identifiers such as the vendor ie. "ABC Company" and then there is a unique "Process ID". This process is called real time 24/7. What I am looking for is an alert that will alert me (and others) when a certain threshold has been exceeded. For example, for ABC Company if the Successful = no count < 5 during a certain time period then no alert, but as soon as it goes over 5, then I am alerted.
I hope that this helped.
Thank you
First step is to collect the relevant data from the logs (I assume). The moment you have the data, you can work on the alerts.
That information is already being collected
maybe this video about creating alerts will help https://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_2942967387&feature=iv&src_vid=SuARLqm7_jc&v=0...
Dave
Could you provide more details on what you mean by "server activity"?