LCS Plug-In

This Splunk add-on is designed to collect and ingest operational insights data from Cisco’s Business Critical Services (BCS) API into Splunk. It enables users to automatically fetch a wide range of detailed device, inventory, configuration, risk mitigation, and product alert information from Cisco’s API endpoints and index this data within Splunk for analysis and monitoring. The app addresses the challenge of integrating Cisco BCS operational data into Splunk by providing a modular input that handles authentication, API rate limiting, pagination, and event creation for multiple data sources. This allows customers—particularly those with Cisco Advanced Services—to gain centralized visibility into their Cisco device inventory, configuration best practices, security advisories, hardware and software lifecycle alerts, and other critical operational metrics without manual data collection. By automating the retrieval and indexing of this comprehensive Cisco operational data, the app helps organizations improve their network management, risk assessment, and compliance monitoring capabilities within the Splunk platform.