Counting the total number of database connections
Our application only allows for a limited number of concurrent database connections currently. As our application user base grows, we need to proactively monitor these connections to ensure that we do not hit our concurrency limit or to know when we need to further scale out the database infrastructure.
In the last recipe of this chapter, we will monitor database transactions over the past week to identify if there are certain times or days when we might be close to our concurrency limit.
Getting ready
To step through this recipe, you will need a running Splunk Enterprise server, with the sample data loaded from Chapter 1, Play Time – Getting Data In. You should be familiar with the Splunk search bar and the time range picker.
How to do it…
Follow the given steps to search for the total number of database connections over the past 30 days:
Log in to your Splunk server.
Select the Search & Reporting application.
Ensure that the time range picker...
