Summary

As we saw in this chapter, there are a number of ways in which Splunk can be extended to input, manipulate, and output events. The search engine at the heart of Splunk is truly just the beginning. With a little creativity, Splunk can be used to extend existing systems, both as a data source and as a way to trigger actions. In the next chapter, we will cover the Splunk Machine Learning Toolkit.

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