Splunk Fundamentals

Overview/Description
Target Audience
Prerequisites
Expected Duration
Lesson Objectives
Course Number
Expertise Level

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Overview/Description
Modern networks consist of multiple services, each generating independent streams of log data. Traditionally, log data resides in separate files and finding specific events can be difficult - detecting patterns is near impossible. Splunk provides a means to collect and store this log data in a collated and redundant data store, facilitating searching and visualization. In this course, you will learn how to install and configure Splunk on multiple platforms. You'll also learn various ways to get your data into Splunk.

Target Audience
Personnel at all levels of an enterprise seeking to attain competency in Splunk

Prerequisites
None

Expected Duration (hours)
1.4

Lesson Objectives

Splunk Fundamentals

start the course

identify the functions and abilities of Splunk

identify the types of Splunk licenses and choose what best suits your requirements

install Splunk on several Linux platforms

install Splunk on Windows systems

identify the components of the Splunk user interface

use Splunk without administrator access

start the Splunk service on multiple operating systems

compare Splunk data forwarders

add the tutorial sample data to your Splunk install

configure data sources for Splunk

import data from files and monitor local files and folders

change the type of data source used by Splunk to index your data

improve Splunk's processing of events

configure how Splunk stores the date and time with your data

import data from network ports and Splunk forwarders

install the universal forwarder in Windows

install the universal forwarder in Unix environments

implement load balancing on a Splunk forwarder

implement data cloning on a Splunk forwarder

implement a heavy Splunk forwarder

install a Splunk instance

Course Number:
df_oifs_a01_it_enus

Expertise Level
Beginner