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Practical Splunk for Beginners

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Practical Splunk for Beginners

Instructor: Pearson

1 module

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

Beginner level

Recommended experience

9 hours to complete

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

1 module

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

Beginner level

Recommended experience

9 hours to complete

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

Search using Search Processing Language (SPL)
Group and correlate events
Perform statistical calculations from search results
Visualize data using charts
Create reports and alerts
Create dashboards
Use lookups to enhance search results
Create data dashboards in Splunk Dashboard Studio

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There is 1 module in this course

A hands-on approach to learning the Splunk platform to search, report, and visualize machine-generated data. Splunk is the market-leading platform for unified observability, enabling organizations to develop, organize, and communicate data insights. Using Splunk, you can collect, transport, and index peta-byte scale telemetry data in a centralized platform. Application developers, SREs, DevOps professionals, and security analysts can use Splunk to explore and analyze data in real time, empowering them to respond to incidents rapidly. The Splunk Search Processing Language (SPL) is the secret to Splunks capabilities in slicing and dicing the data. In addition to SPL, Splunk provides versatile tools such as field extractions, lookups, dashboards, and alerts to develop intelligence using the data collected. With all the sophisticated features offered by Splunk, beginners usually find the platform difficult to learn. That is where this well-designed and user-oriented course comes in.

This module provides a comprehensive introduction to Splunk, covering its platform components, installation, and the fundamentals of Splunk Search Processing Language (SPL). Learners progress through data analysis techniques, field extraction, event grouping, and correlation. The module also explores creating reports, alerts, and interactive dashboards using both classic methods and Splunk Dashboard Studio, equipping users with essential skills to visualize, analyze, and act on machine data within Splunk.

What's included

37 videos9 assignments

37 videosTotal 328 minutes

Introduction3 minutes
Topics1 minute
Why Splunk?7 minutes
Components of Splunk11 minutes
Uses of Splunk5 minutes
Installing and Setting Up Splunk10 minutes
What’s New in Splunk 9?11 minutes
Topics1 minute
The Splunk Search Interface11 minutes
Structure of a SPL Query7 minutes
Running Basic Searches11 minutes
Topics1 minute
The Stats Command16 minutes
The Eval Command10 minutes
The Timechart Command10 minutes
Topics0 minutes
Fields Introduction13 minutes
Using the Field Extraction Wizard9 minutes
Using the Rex Command11 minutes
Topics1 minute
Using the Transaction Command12 minutes
Using Join and Append16 minutes
Using Lookups9 minutes
Topics0 minutes
Creating Reports14 minutes
Saving and Scheduling Reports10 minutes
Creating Alerts6 minutes
Topics1 minute
Creating Basic Dashboards12 minutes
Configuring Drilldown9 minutes
Adding Input Panels15 minutes
Topics1 minute
Introducing Splunk Dashboard Studio12 minutes
Create a Dashboard Using Splunk Dashboard Studio17 minutes
Adding Dashboard Interactions17 minutes
Using Data Sources12 minutes
Practical Splunk for Beginners: Summary2 minutes

9 assignmentsTotal 270 minutes

The Splunk Platform Quiz30 minutes
Search Processing Language Quiz30 minutes
Creating Statistics Quiz30 minutes
Fields and Field Extractions Quiz30 minutes
Grouping Events and Using Lookups Quiz30 minutes
Creating Reports and Alerts Quiz30 minutes
Creating Dashboards Quiz30 minutes
Using Splunk Dashboard Studio Quiz30 minutes
End of Course Assessment30 minutes

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