Learning Splunk

Learning Splunk

1h 47mBeginner2023-04-18

Authors

Josh Samuelson

Josh Samuelson

Systems Administrator, DevOps Engineer

Course details

Splunk is a tool for analyzing and searching incoming data like application or database logs. In this course, learn the basics of how Splunk works. Join instructor Josh Samuelson as he explores the search and reporting features, and shows how to set up alerts so that you can catch potential problems before they become critical. He also explains how to set up some handy dashboards to get a quick view of the state of your systems, and wraps up with some high-level discussion of important areas like log management, APM, security, and more.

Skills covered

SplunkData EngineeringLearningData Science

Concepts

Introduction

  • Make sense of your data with Splunk
  • What is Splunk
  • Install Splunk

Tour of Major Features

  • Add data
  • Set up your Splunk user
  • Search
  • Reporting
  • Add-ons

Search

  • Basics of the search interface
  • Simple filtering
  • Time
  • Understanding results - Fields
  • Complex filtering
  • Advanced search syntax
  • Challenge - Track down an issue
  • Solution - Track down an issue

Reporting and Dashboards

  • Reporting overview
  • Create a simple report
  • Visualize errors
  • Create a dashboard panel

Alerting

  • Alerting concepts
  • Create an alert
  • Advanced alerting
  • Challenge - Install an add-on
  • Solution - Install an add-on

Practical Splunk

  • WebApp monitoring challenges
  • Install the universal forwarder
  • Configure remote data
  • Using multiple data streams

Conclusion

  • Next steps
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