April 2026 summary focused on delivering Kubernetes-native lifecycle management for Splunk deployments within the certified-operators ecosystem. Delivered a new Kubernetes Custom Resource Definition (CRD) to manage Splunk Cluster Managers, enabling declarative provisioning, upgrades, and lifecycle operations for Splunk apps in Kubernetes. This work is tightly coupled with the Splunk Operator release and improves reliability, reduces manual toil, and accelerates deployment cycles.

Month: 2025-05 — Key feature delivered: CI Governance Enhancement for Splunk Operator in mongodb-forks/community-operators. Added new reviewers to the CI configuration (ci.yaml) to broaden oversight and collaboration on Splunk operator CI changes. Commit: a4e5222b6bb3d2a28915eb4ef7b93ff8255cc0ac. Impact: improves governance, reduces risk in CI changes, and speeds up review cycles. Key technologies demonstrated: CI/CD, YAML CI configuration, governance, collaboration. Skills: cross-team coordination, config management.

February 2025 focused on delivering Kubernetes-native deployment capabilities for Splunk within the community-operators repository. Completed the Kubernetes Splunk Operator CRD for ClusterManager and ClusterMaster (Splunk operator version 2.7.1), establishing defined desired state and observed status for Splunk clusters in Kubernetes. Included comprehensive CRD schemas covering affinity, app repositories, storage, and probes to enable robust deployment, health checks, and lifecycle management.

December 2024 monthly summary for mongodb-forks/community-operators: Delivered foundational CRD-based management for Splunk Enterprise via the Splunk Operator in the repository. Implemented Custom Resource Definitions for Search Head Clusters and Standalone Deployments, enabling declarative lifecycle management of Splunk resources in Kubernetes. This work establishes the automation groundwork for provisioning, scaling, and upgrading Splunk resources, reducing manual toil and accelerating operator-driven operations. CI activity is reflected in the commit 0f990bb334155a05a22a8f01d91d4479179c5559 with message “operator [CI] splunk (2.7.0)”.