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Splunk Enterprise System Administration
Who Can Benefit This virtual module is designed for system administrators who are responsible for managing the Splunk Enterprise environment. Administrators Prerequisites To be successful, students...
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$1,500 USD
Duration
2 days
Course Code
SPLUNK-ADMIN
Available Formats
Classroom
Overview
Who Can Benefit
This virtual module is designed for system administrators who are responsible for managing the Splunk Enterprise environment.
- Administrators
Prerequisites
To be successful, students should have a solid understanding of the following single-subject modules:
- To be successful, students must have completed these Splunk Education course(s) or have equivalent working knowledge:
- Intro to Splunk (ITS)
- Using Fields (SUF)
- Intro to Knowledge Objects (IKO)
- Creating Knowledge Objects (CKO)
- Creating Field Extractions (CFE)
- Enriching Data with Lookups (EDL)
- Data Models (SDM)
Course Details
Certifications
This course is part of the following Certifications:
- Splunk Enterprise Certified Admin
Splunk Enterprise System Administration
Topic 1 - Splunk Server Deployment
- 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
Topic 2 - Splunk Server Monitoring
- Enable the Monitoring Console (MC)
- Identify Splunk license types
- Describe license violations
- Add and remove licenses
- Use Splunk Diag
Topic 3 - Splunk Apps
- Describe Splunk apps and add-ons
- Install an app on a Splunk instance
- Manage app accessibility and permissions
Topic 4 - Splunk Configuration Files
- Describe Splunk configuration directory structure
- Understand configuration layering process
- Use btool to examine configuration settings
Topic 5 - Splunk Indexes
- Learn how Splunk indexes function
- Identify the types of index buckets
- Add and work with indexes
- Overview of metrics index
Topic 6 - Splunk Index Management
- 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
Topic 7 - Splunk User Management
- Add Splunk users using native authentication
- Describe user roles in Splunk
- Create a custom role
- Manage users in Splunk
Topic 8 - Configuring Basic Forwarding
- Identify forwarder configuration steps
- Configure a Universal Forwarder
- Understand the Deployment Server
Topic 9 - Distributed Search
- Describe how distributed search works
- Define the roles of the search head and search peers
Schedule
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Reviews
Good training. A lot to take in for the short amount of time we have though
Some Labs are very good but some steps it ask to update but its already updated, but overall its very good training.
Easy to work with. Learning material pdfs were able to be printed out in color which was very nice to write on.
Course was great and informative. The instructor had a good flow and was very personable.
Exit certified was great as it is very in depth and hands on learning which made it very easy to learn this type of work.
