US 12,135,627 B1
Facilitating management of collection agents
Dinesh Dutt Sharma, Pleasanton, CA (US); Chaitanya Sunil Phalak, San Francisco, CA (US); Kyung Rock Baek, Santa Clara, CA (US); and Vinu K. Alazath, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Assigned to Splunk Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by SPLUNK INC., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/589,283.
Int. Cl. G06F 11/30 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 11/3089 (2013.01) [G06F 11/3006 (2013.01); G06F 11/3072 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
receiving, at an agent service manager, a control request from an agent controller that manages collection agents that collect data, wherein the agent controller and the collection agents operate on a remote computing machine, the control request including a class level indicating a class of collection agents that collect data;
identifying a desired agent event to be executed in association with a set of collection agents of the collection agents managed by the agent controller, the desired agent event comprising an upgrade event, a downgrade event, or a certificate event to be executed in association with the set of collection agents, wherein the desired agent event to be executed is identified based on the class level indicated in the control request; and
providing an indication of the desired agent event to the agent controller for execution of the desired agent event in association with each collection agent of the set of collection agents.