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    Gain operational intelligence by collecting, indexing, and visualizing data using a powerful on-premises engine for actionable insights.

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    Collect, index, and visualize your data in the cloud for better operational intelligence.

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    Discover, share, and install apps and add-ons with the Splunk community on Splunkbase. Publish your own or add others to your Splunk platform instance.

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    • Ingest Monitoring
    • Stream
    • Technical Add-Ons

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    Gain operational intelligence by collecting, indexing, and visualizing data using a powerful on-premises engine for actionable insights.

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    Streamline your security operations with a SOAR system that integrates orchestration, playbook automation, and case management to enhance threat response.

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    • Enterprise Security 8
    • Enterprise Security 7
    • Mission Control
    • Security Content Update
    • User Behavior Analytics

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    • App for SOAR
    • App for SOAR Export
    • Automation Broker

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    • Attack Analyzer
    • Asset and Risk Intelligence
    • App for PCI Compliance
    • App for Fraud Analytics
    • InfoSec App
    • Security Essentials
  • IT Service Intelligence

    Prevent disruptions and optimize operations when you monitor and analyze your IT service with predictive analytics and machine learning.

    Release Notes

    Content Packs

    Collect, index, and visualize your data in the cloud for better operational intelligence.

    Release Notes

    ITSI

    • Event Analytics
    • Entity Integration
    • Modules
    • Service Insights
    • REST APIs

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    • IT Service Intelligence
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    • Configuration File Reference

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    • Infrastructure Monitoring Add-On
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    Gain end-to-end visibility, troubleshoot in real-time, and optimize performance across infrastructure, applications, and user interfaces.

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    • Infrastructure Monitoring
    • Observability Cloud for Mobile
    • On-Call

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    • Dashboards and Charts
    • Integrations
    • Log Observer Connect
    • Metrics, Metadata, and Events
    • OpenTelemetry Collector
    • SignalFlow Analytics
    • Search Reference

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    • App Development
    • API Reference
  • AppDynamics SaaS

    Monitor business application performance for cloud environments and IT infrastructure.

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    AppDynamics On-Premises

    Monitor business application performance for cloud environments and IT infrastructure.

    Release Notes

    SAP Agent

    An on-premises solution using AppDynamics On-Premises or Appdynamics Virtual Appliance (self hosted).

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    • Alert and Respond
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    • Extensions
    • Licensing
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    • Database Visibility
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    • Update Your Deployment
      • Agent management
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      • Configure the agent management system
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        • Upgrade pre-9.2 deployment servers
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        • Use the agent management interface to define server classes
        • Set up agent filters
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          • Enable agents lookup
          • Disable agents lookup
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        • Protect content during app updates
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        • View effective configuration installed on OTel Collectors
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        • Example: Add inputs to forwarders
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Advanced configuration

Get guidance through complex options for agent management, especially when you need to directly edit the serverclass.conf file. We'll outline the attributes and stanza levels available for sophisticated agent filtering and app deployment settings, giving you full control.

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