Integration with Splunk

Last published : Sep 25, 2026
You can now integrate {{page.adm-product-name-short}} with Splunk to view analytics for:
  • WAF violations
  • Bot violations
  • SSL Certificate Insights
  • Gateway Insights
  • NetScaler® Console Audit Logs
Splunk add-on enables you to:
  • Combine all other external data sources.
  • Provide greater visibility of analytics in a centralized place.
{{page.adm-product-name-short}} collects Bot, WAF, SSL, Gateway, audit logs events, and sends to Splunk periodically. The Splunk Common Information Model (CIM) add-on converts the events to CIM compatible data. As an administrator, using the CIM compatible data, you can view the events in the Splunk dashboard.
For a successful integration, you must:
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Configure Splunk to receive data from

Setup the Splunk HTTP event collector endpoint and generate a token

You must first setup the HTTP event collector in Splunk. This setup enables the integration between the {{page.adm-product-name-short}} and Splunk to send the WAF or Bot data. Next, you must generate a token in Splunk to:
  • Enable authentication between {{page.adm-product-name-short}} and Splunk.
  • Receive data through the event collector endpoint.
  1. Log on to Splunk.
  2. Navigate to Settings > Data Inputs > HTTP event collector and click Add new.
  3. Specify the following parameters:
    1. Name: Specify a name of your choice.
    2. Source name override (optional): If you set a value, it overrides the source value for HTTP event collector.
    3. Description (optional): Specify a description.
    4. Output Group (optional): By default, this option is selected as None.
    5. Enable indexer acknowledgement: {{page.adm-product-name-short}} does not support this option. We recommend not to select this option.
      Event collector parameters
  4. Click Next.
  5. Optionally, you can set additional input parameters in the Input Settings page.
  6. Click Review to verify the entries and then click Submit.
    A token gets generated. You must use this token when you add details in {{page.adm-product-name-short}}.
    Splunk token

Install the Splunk Common Information Model

In Splunk, you must install the Splunk CIM add-on. This add-on ensures that the data received from {{page.adm-product-name-short}} to normalize the ingested data and match a common standard using the same field names and event tags for equivalent events.
Note:
You can ignore this step if you have already installed the Splunk CIM add-on.
  1. Log on to Splunk.
  2. Navigate to Apps > Find More Apps.
    Splunk find more apps
  3. Type CIM in the search bar and press Enter to get the Splunk Common Information Model (CIM) add-on, and click Install.
    Splunk CIM

Install the CIM normalizer

The CIM normalizer is an additional plug-in that you must install to view the WAF and bot insights in Splunk.
  1. In the Splunk portal, navigate to Apps > Find More Apps.
    Splunk find more apps
  2. Type CIM normalization for ADM service events/data in the search bar and press Enter to get the add-on, and click Install.
    CIM normalizer

Prepare a sample dashboard in Splunk

After you install the Splunk CIM, you must prepare a sample dashboard using a template for WAF and Bot, and SSL Certificate Insights. You can download the dashboard template (.tgz) file, use any editor (for example, notepad) to copy its contents, and create a dashboard by pasting the data in Splunk.
Note:
The following procedure to create a sample dashboard is applicable for both WAF and Bot, and SSL Certificate Insights. You must use the required json file.
  1. Log on to the Citrix downloads page and download the sample dashboard available under Observability Integration.
  2. Extract the file, open the json file using any editor, and copy the data from the file.
    Note:
    After you extract, you get two json files. Use adm_splunk_security_violations.json to create the WAF and Bot sample dashboard, and use adm_splunk_ssl_certificate.json to create the SSL certificate insight sample dashboard.
  3. In the Splunk portal, navigate to Search & Reporting > Dashboards and then click Create New Dashboard.
    Create dashboard
  4. In the Create New Dashboard page, specify the following parameters:
    1. Dashboard Title - Provide a title of your choice.
    2. Description - Optionally, you can provide a description for your reference.
    3. Permission - Select Private or Shared in App based on your requirement.
    4. Select Dashboard Studio.
    5. Select any one layout (Absolute or Grid), and then click Create.
      Dashboard parameters
      After you click Create, select the Source icon from the layout.
      Source layout
  5. Delete the existing data, paste the data that you copied in step 2, and click Back.
  6. Click Save.
    You can view the following sample dashboard in your Splunk.
    Sample dashboard

Configure {{page.adm-product-name-long}} to export data to Splunk

You now have everything ready in Splunk. The final step is to configure {{page.adm-product-name-short}} by creating a subscription and adding the token.
Upon completion of the following procedure, you can view the updated dashboard in Splunk that is currently available in your {{page.adm-product-name-short}}:
  1. Log on to {{page.adm-product-name-short}}.
  2. Navigate to Settings > Observability Integration.
  3. In the Integrations page, click Add.
  4. In the Create Subscription page, specify the following details:
    1. Specify a name of your choice in the Subscription Name field.
    2. Select NetScaler Console as the Source and click Next.
    3. Select Splunk and click Configure. In the Configure Endpoint page:
      1. End Point URL – Specify the Splunk end point details. The end point must be in the https://SPLUNK_PUBLIC_IP:SPLUNK_HEC_PORT/services/collector/event format.
        Note:
        It is recommended to use HTTPS for security reasons.
        • SPLUNK_PUBLIC_IP – A valid IP address configured for Splunk.
        • SPLUNK_HEC_PORT – Denotes the port number that you have specified during the HTTP event endpoint configuration. The default port number is 8088.
        • Services/collector/event – Denotes the path for the HEC application.
      2. Authentication token – Copy and paste the authentication token from Splunk.
      3. Click Submit.
    4. Click Next.
    5. Click Add Insights and in the Select Feature tab, you can select the features that you want to export and click Add Selected.
      Note:
      If you have selected NetScaler Console Audit Logs, you can select Daily or Hourly for the frequency to export audit logs to Splunk.
    6. Click Next.
    7. In the Select Instance tab, you can either choose Select All Instances or Custom select, and then click Next.
      • Select All Instances - Exports data to Splunk from all the {{page.citrix-adc-generic}} instances.
      • Custom select - Enables you to select the {{page.citrix-adc-generic}} instances from the list. If you select specific instances from the list, then the data is exported to Splunk only from the selected {{page.citrix-adc-generic}} instances.
    8. Click Submit.
      Note:
      The data for the selected insights gets pushed to Splunk immediately after the violations are detected in {{page.adm-product-name-short}}.

View dashboards in Splunk

After you complete the configuration in {{page.adm-product-name-short}}, the events appear in Splunk.
You are all set to view the updated dashboard in Splunk without any additional steps.
Go to Splunk and click the dashboard that you have created to view the updated dashboard.
The following is an example for the updated WAF and Bot dashboard:
Updated dashboard
The following dashboard is an example for the updated SSL Certificate Insights dashboard.
SSL certificate
Apart from the dashboard, you can also view data in Splunk after creating the subscription
  1. In Splunk, click Search & Reporting.
  2. In the search bar:
    • Type sourcetype="bot" or sourcetype="waf" and select the duration from the list to view bot/WAF data.
    • Type sourcetype="ssl" and select the duration from the list to view the SSL certificate insights data.
    • Type sourcetype="gateway_insights" and select the duration from the list to view the Gateway insights data.
    • Type sourcetype= "audit_logs" and select the duration from the list to view the audit logs data.