Implementing Splunk 7, Third Edition - Third Edition

Splunk Cloud

An exciting new option for Splunk is Splunk Cloud. This option offers almost all of Splunk's features and functionalities along with the convenience of being on a real cloud platform:

• Readily available online, Splunk lists the following statement as per http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/SplunkCloud/6.6.3/User/WelcometoSplunkCloud:

"Splunk Cloud provides a layer of security and operational control that causes it to differ from Splunk Enterprise".

In my experience, moving any software or service to the cloud typically will have some implications. With Splunk Cloud, you can expect the following differences (from Splunk Enterprise):

• There is no CLI (Splunk's command-line interface) support. This means that some (administrative) ...