How do I send uptime alerts to Splunk?

In UpDog, create an alert for your monitor. In the alert modal, choose Splunk as the destination, configure your Splunk HTTP Event Collector (HEC) endpoint/token (or your org’s preferred ingestion method), save, and send a test event to confirm it appears in Splunk.

What events should I send to Splunk?

At minimum: downtime and recovery. Many teams also include check metadata (monitor name, environment, response time) so Splunk dashboards can trend incidents over time.

How do I reduce noise when routing uptime events to Splunk?

Route only high-signal monitors, tune intervals/retries to reduce flapping, and use consistent fields (service, env, severity) so searches and alerts stay clean.

How do I secure Splunk ingestion for uptime events?

Use HTTPS, restrict the HEC endpoint (network/IP allowlists where possible), rotate tokens, and validate/monitor ingestion errors so you don’t silently drop events.

Splunk alerts for uptime monitoring

Send uptime events to Splunk so downtime and recovery are searchable, correlated, and dashboarded alongside the rest of your ops data. Great for centralized visibility and post-incident analysis.

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How UpDog + Splunk works

UpDog sends uptime state changes into Splunk so incidents are searchable and easy to correlate with the rest of your ops data (logs, deploys, infra events). This is ideal for reporting, dashboards, and post-incident analysis.

What to send

Downtime + recovery events (core signal)
Service and environment identifiers
Optional metadata for dashboards (severity/response time)

How teams use it

Dashboards by service and environment
MTTR and incident frequency reporting
Correlation with deploys and alert volume

What you can do with UpDog + Splunk

Centralize uptime events in a single search and reporting platform.
Build dashboards for downtime frequency, MTTR, and alert volumes by service.
Correlate incidents with logs, deploys, and infrastructure events in Splunk.

How to set it up (step-by-step)

Create or pick an uptime monitor in UpDog.
Create an alert for that monitor.
In the alert modal, choose Splunk as the destination.
Configure the Splunk ingestion settings (commonly Splunk HEC endpoint + token) according to your org’s policy.
Save the alert, then send a test event and confirm it appears in Splunk.

Best practices

Normalize fields

Use consistent keys for service, environment, and severity so Splunk searches, dashboards, and alerts stay simple.

Route only high-signal events

Send production-critical monitors first. Tune retries/intervals to reduce flapping so your Splunk data remains actionable.

Monitor ingestion errors

Add basic health checks around the ingestion pipeline so you don’t lose uptime events during the incidents you care about most.

FAQ

Create an alert in UpDog, choose Splunk as the destination, configure your Splunk ingestion method (commonly HEC endpoint/token), save, and send a test event.

Downtime and recovery are the core events. Add metadata (service/env/response time) for better dashboards and correlation.

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