Integrating Splunk Cloud Platform with Cisco Cloud Control
Cisco Cloud Control is the unified operations platform that brings every Cisco domain into one consistent environment, enabling teams to proactively manage, govern, and operate across the full IT estate from a single experience. It features an AI Assistant for personalized recommendations and integrates with AI Canvas, a collaborative workspace where human operators and AI agents work together to resolve issues. The platform simplifies management by offering a single operational interface that complements existing Cisco product controllers, reducing complexity and improving efficiency for IT operations. It enables seamless cross-domain workflows and consistent user experience without replacing individual product dashboards.
Cisco Cloud Control brings together inventory, topology, actions, identity, and workflows into a unified operating experience. These capabilities support an AgenticOps model in which governed AI agents help operators correlate information across domains, investigate, and take action on issues that need attention.
Key capabilities
- Cisco Cloud Control provides a unified entry point and single sign-on experience for joint Cisco and Splunk customers, with authentication through Cisco Identity and Splunk access controls preserved.
- It enables seamless cross-launch between Cisco Cloud Control and Splunk software, helping users move between platforms while maintaining workflow continuity.
- AI Canvas in Cisco Cloud Control can access Splunk data and Splunk-specific skills, enabling shared investigative boards with Cisco and Splunk context.
- Splunk AI Assistant capabilities are surfaced through Cisco Unified AI Assistant, helping users generate SPL, interpret results, and access Splunk guidance from within Cloud Control.
Prerequisites
- Splunk Cloud Platform 10.5.2605.3 is needed to integrate with Cisco Cloud Control. If you are not on 10.5.2605.3, you should receive an email before your next scheduled upgrade, and you can request to be upgraded to 10.5.2605.3.
- Splunk Cloud Platform US Commercial stacks hosted in AWS are only eligible for this experience during controlled availability.
- For Splunk customers hosted in AWS US East, identify and complete any regional data transfer reviews or approvals required by your organization before connecting your Splunk environment to Cisco Cloud Control, which is hosted in AWS US West.
- Identify a Splunk Cloud Platform admin who can complete the onboarding prompts and accept the terms to integrate Splunk software with Cloud Control.
- Confirm the email address you will use across Cisco products and make sure it can receive email verification and Cisco approval messages.
- Identify any PCI, HIPAA, or other compliance requirements that require reviewing the applicable Cisco terms.
Integration overview
The steps in this article show you how Splunk Cloud Platform admins and end users integrate Splunk Cloud Platform and Cisco Cloud Control:
| Admin configuration | End user configuration |
|---|---|
Admin configuration
Complete the following steps to connect Splunk Cloud Platform and Cisco Cloud Control.
Log in to Splunk Cloud Platform
As the Splunk Cloud Platform admin, sign into Splunk Cloud Platform using the normal customer login path.
Provide and verify your email address
After logging in, you are prompted to verify an email address. You can verify immediately or skip for now.
If you select Skip for now, you'll continue to Splunk Cloud Platform Home as usual however you will not be able to use Cisco Cloud Control or AI Canvas. To restart email verification, log out of Splunk Cloud Platform and log back in.
When you provide your email address, you receive an activation code to confirm it.
Sign up and get approved for Cisco Cloud Control
After email verification, Splunk checks whether your organization has already applied for Cisco Cloud Control. If your organization has not applied, Splunk Cloud Platform displays a banner prompting you to get started by signing up for Cisco Cloud Control. If your organization has already applied through another Cisco product, such as Meraki or ThousandEyes, you might not see the sign-up banner.
- In the sign-up banner at the top of the screen, click Get Started to be redirected to cloud.cisco.com, where you can sign up your organization for access to Cisco Cloud Control.
- Complete the access request form for your organization and list the Cisco products you own or manage.
- Submit the access request and wait for approval.
While your organization is on the waitlist, you can continue using Splunk software as usual. Nothing changes in your Splunk Cloud Platform experience, and you will be kept informed of your organization's status by email.
After approval, the admin who requested access to Cisco Cloud Control receives an approval email.
Review and sign the license agreement
After your organization is approved, you'll see a banner in Splunk Cloud Platform saying access has been granted. Click Accept the Cisco Cloud Control license agreement to proceed.
To complete onboarding, review the Cisco Cloud Control license agreement, then click Accept Cisco Cloud Control License Agreement to be redirected to Cisco Cloud Control.
Connect Splunk software in Cisco Cloud Control
Now you're in Cisco Cloud Control, you can complete a final optional connection step to link your Splunk Cloud Platform tenant with other Cisco products you own so those tenants can share data as part of a tenant group. Click Continue to start this step.
Select from the list of available tenants and complete the required fields to create a group.
Tour Cisco Cloud Control
After the tenant linking step, you'll be taken to Cisco Cloud Control and offered a product tour. You can take the tour or skip it.
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Navigate to and from Cisco Cloud Control
After a Splunk Cloud Platform admin has accepted the Cisco Cloud Control License Agreement for the Splunk Cloud Platform tenant, Cisco Cloud Control navigation will be available from Splunk Cloud Platform. In Splunk Cloud Platform, you will notice a new Cisco Cloud Control logo on the top navigation bar, which you can use to navigate back to Cisco Cloud Control.
In Cisco Cloud Control, you can click Splunk to navigate back to Splunk Cloud Platform and continue using the same Splunk Cloud Platform experience as before.
End user configuration
End users complete the following steps:
Log in to Splunk Cloud Platform
As an end user, sign into Splunk Cloud Platform using the normal customer login path.
Provide and verify your email address
After logging in, you are prompted to verify an email address. You can verify immediately or skip for now.
If you select Skip for now, you'll continue to Splunk Cloud Platform Home as usual. However, you will not be able to use Cisco Cloud Control or AI Canvas. To restart email verification, log out of Splunk Cloud Platform and log back in.
When you provide your email address, you receive an activation code to confirm it.
Navigate to Cisco Cloud Control
After your email verification and the admin onboarding has been completed, and after logging into Splunk Cloud Platform you'll see a new pop-up announcing the update.
You'll also see the Cisco Cloud Control logo in the top navigation bar. You can click the Cisco Cloud Control logo to navigate to the Cisco Cloud Control home page.
Tour Cisco Cloud Control
From Cisco Cloud Control, you can take an optional tour.
From Cisco Cloud Control, you can click the Splunk logo to return to the Splunk Cloud Platform home page.
Now you've connected Splunk Cloud Platform with Cisco Cloud Control, you can move on to Integrating Splunk Cloud Platform with AI Canvas.