Upgrading your Splunk Environment

Recently one of our clients had an outdated version of Splunk and needed to upgrade to a newer version of Splunk Enterprise that incorporated additional features and security updates. This of course is a very important procedure that many Splunk customers will have to learn over their time using Splunk. In this blog I will outline the process used for upgrading distributed deployments of Splunk. 

 
First, here are the download links:
 
You can download the latest version of Splunk here:  http://www.splunk.com/...

A BACnet Module for Drupal

A new project unites technology of two of the world’s leading “open” communities; ASHRAE - in the form of the BACnet [1] open communication protocol and Drupal [2] - in the form of its open source content management system. The coupling of these two technologies and training of the user base can go a long way towards incentivizing efficient energy use patterns at commercial buildings that use BACnet compliant devices to manage such building systems as heating, cooling, dehumidification, utility metering, and ventilation.

The Drupal BACnet...


Troubleshooting GSF Vanity URLs

So you've set up GSF Vanity URLs in your WebCenter Sites environment -- or at least you thought you did. But what should you do if vanity URLs aren't displaying in your website -- and instead you just see query string URLs everywhere? Here's a few things to check:

IS GSF FULLY INSTALLED

Go to the AdminSite site in WebCenter Sites and view the GSF WEM app. On the main page, you should see two messages like this:

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Splunk ES - Lets Correlate

Splunk ES – Creating Custom Correlation Searches

 

In today's blog I will be discussing one of the very valuable features of the Splunk App for Enterprise Security. Correlation searches provide a very highly customizable level of security based detection and alerting within Splunk and ES.

 

What is a Correlation Search?

A correlations search is a type of saved search used to detect suspicious events or patterns in your data. If a suspicious event is detected, a notable event is created. The notable event can then be investigated using the...


Why Do You Need a Project Management Office?

In 2014, Function1 set on the path to create a Project Management Office (PMO) for our growing company. This is a huge step in any firm that requires a lot of effort, but can have a significantly positive impact on the firm’s overall performance. So what leads a company to decide it’s time to have a PMO?

 

There are many reasons to start a PMO, let’s name a few:

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