Automated Splunk Ingest Volume Monitoring
Every morning, WebRun opens Splunk, reads yesterday's daily indexing volume against your licence quota, breaks it down by index and sourcetype, compares each against its recent average, texts you through Twilio when one has spiked, and posts the full breakdown to Telegram for the platform team.
How do I find which sourcetype is driving my Splunk ingest up?
WebRun watches your Splunk ingest every morning. It reads yesterday's daily indexing volume against your licence quota, breaks it down by index and sourcetype, compares each against its recent average, texts you through Twilio when one spikes, and posts the full breakdown to Telegram.
- A spike is attributed to an index and sourcetype the next morning
- Quota headroom is known daily instead of at renewal
- Noisy new forwarders are caught before they cost an overage
Built for Splunk admins · platform engineers · SRE teams · security operations
What does WebRun do on every run?
The exact actions WebRun takes, in order - in plain language, so you can adjust anything.
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WebRun signs in and gets to work
Opens
splunk.comin a real browser with your saved login - no setup, no API keys. -
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Splunk - read yesterday's ingest against quota
splunk.com
WebRun opens Splunk to read yesterday's ingest against quota. - Open Splunk and read yesterday's total daily indexing volume
- Compare it against your licence quota and note the headroom left
- Break the volume down by index and by sourcetype
- Compare each sourcetype against its recent daily average and flag the growers
- Check whether a forwarder started sending far more than usual
Done when Yesterday's volume is measured against quota and attributed to indexes and sourcetypes.
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Twilio - text you when a sourcetype spikes
twilio.com
WebRun opens Twilio to text you when a sourcetype spikes. - Text the platform owner when yesterday's volume passes your warning threshold
- Text as well when a single sourcetype grows past its usual band
- Name the index, the sourcetype and the volume in the message
- Send nothing on a normal day so a text always means something
Done when The platform owner has been texted about any spike.
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Telegram - post the daily breakdown
telegram.org
WebRun opens Telegram to post the daily breakdown. - Post the daily ingest breakdown to your platform channel
- Lead with total volume, quota and percentage used
- List the top indexes and sourcetypes by volume with their change against average
- Name the forwarders behind any new growth so the source is obvious
Done when The platform channel has yesterday's ingest breakdown.
How is each run configured?
Secure by default
Connect once, stays signed in
WebRun signs in once and keeps each session in a persistent environment, so every run picks up right where it left off.
Every action is checked against this policy before it runs.
Questions, answered
Does it change any Splunk configuration?
No. WebRun only reads volume figures, indexes, sourcetypes and forwarder activity. It never edits an index, adds a filter, or changes a licence setting, so nothing about ingestion changes.
How does it decide something has spiked?
It compares each sourcetype against its own recent daily average and against the warning threshold you set on total volume, so normal seasonal variation does not trigger a text.
Will it wake me up for a small change?
No. Texts only go out when total volume passes your threshold or a sourcetype breaks out of its usual band. Ordinary days get the Telegram breakdown and nothing else.
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