Summary

In this chapter, you were introduced to Splunk apps, why it's important to make use of them, and the basic server file structure of a Splunk app. We started to make use of the Splunk Web Framework, utilizing the web interface to create our first Splunk app. We also created a dashboard for our app and added panels representing different visualizations of the NASA Squid Web Logs.

We then used the web interface to edit existing panels and dashboard configurations. We also looked at the design so that we can specifically try to address the needs of our users and the business. Our work with Git has also been furthered as we were able to create a new repository for our Splunk app and commit further changes from our environment.

In the next chapter, we will move further into the Splunk Web Framework as we dive into Simple XML, with a discussion of the code and a breakdown of how to take our Splunk apps further by developing with Simple XML. We will start to work with the Splunk code editor, and start to learn some of the more advanced features of the dashboard and panel elements.

As we continue to work with Splunk, we will continue to use Git to track our changes and modifications to our code, and we will start separating our code into branches to segregate feature releases and ensure that they are not affecting our master code.