Опис курсу
This course is designed for system administrators who are responsible for managing the Splunk Enterprise environment. The course provides the fundamental knowledge of Splunk license manager, indexers and search heads. It covers configuration, management, and monitoring core Splunk Enterprise components
Аудиторія
Administrators
Попередні вимоги
To be successful, students must have completed these Splunk Education course(s) or have equivalent working knowledge:
- Intro to Splunk
- Using Fields (SUF)
- Intro to Knowledge Objects
- Creating Knowledge Objects (CKO)
- Creating Field Extractions (CFE)
- Enriching Data with Lookups (EDL)
- Data Models (SDM)
Зміст курсу
Module 1 - Deploy Splunk
- Provide an overview of Splunk
- Identify Splunk Enterprise components
- Identify the types of Splunk deployments
- List the steps to install Splunk
- Use Splunk CLI commands
- Explore security best practices
Module 2 - Monitor Splunk
- Use Splunk Health Report
- Enable the Monitoring Console (MC)
- Use Splunk Assist
- Use Splunk Diag
Module 3 - License Splunk
- Identify Splunk license types
- Describe license violations
- Add and remove licenses
Module 4 - Use Configuration Files
- Describe Splunk configuration directory structure
- Understand configuration layering process
- Use btool to examine configuration settings
Module 5 - Use Apps
- Describe Splunk apps and add-ons
- Install an app on a Splunk instance
- Manage app accessibility and permissions
Module 6 - Create Indexes
- Learn how Splunk indexes functions
- Identify the types of index buckets
- Add and work with indexes
- Overview of metrics index
Module 7 - Manage Index
- Review Splunk Index Management basics
- Identify data retention recommendations
- Identify backup recommendations
- Move and delete index data
- Describe the use of the Fishbucket
- Restore a frozen bucket
Module 8 - Manage Users
- Add Splunk users using native authentication
- Describe user roles in Splunk
- Create a custom role
- Manage users in Splunk
Module 9 - Configure Basic Forwarding
- Identify forwarder configuration steps
- Configure a Universal Forwarder
- Understand the Deployment Server
Module 10 - Configure Distributed Search
- Describe how distributed search works
- Describe the roles of the search head and search peers