Forward notifications to Splunk - Configure an Splunk external application in Cortex XDR to forward cases and issues to a Splunk instance. - Administrator Guide - Cortex XSIAM - Cortex XDR - Cortex - Security Operations

Cortex XDR 5.x Documentation

Product
Cortex XDR
License
XDR + Cloud
Creation date
2025-07-13
Last date published
2026-06-11
Category
Administrator Guide
Abstract

Configure an Splunk external application in Cortex XDR to forward cases and issues to a Splunk instance.

Configure access in your firewall

Add the IP addresses for your tenant region to your firewall. For more information, refer to the list of ingress IPs in Enable access to required PANW resources.

Configure egress in Cortex Gateway

Before forwarding cases or issues to Splunk, you need to configure egress. Only a user with Account Admin or Instance Admin permissions can configure egress.

To configure egress, you need to enter the FQDN (fully qualified domain name), without including the port or the path. For example, if the full URL is https://splunk..mycompany.com:8088/services/collector, you would enter splunk.mycompany.com.

  1. In the Cortex Gateway, go to Permission ManagementEgress ConfigurationsPath.

  2. Select the account name and tenant.

  3. In the Flow field, select Splunk.

  4. Enter the FQDN (full qualified domain name) of the Splunk instance. For example, splunk.mycompany.com. Note that the path does not include HTTP or HTTPS.

  5. Add the configuration.

Complete external application configuration in Cortex XDR
  1. Go to SettingsConfigurationsIntegrationsExternal ApplicationsAdd Application and select Splunk.

  2. Enter the Splunk HTTP event collector URL. The URL can include a port, but the connection must be HTTPS.

  3. Click Verify. If egress has not been configured in the Cortex Gateway, verification will fail.

  4. After verification is successful, enter the instance name and optional description.

  5. Enter the authentication token for secure access to your Splunk instance.

  6. Click Test to verify the connection, then click Connect.

Configure notification forwarding

Follow the instructions for Configure notification forwarding.