Arrow Electronics, Inc.

Splunk Enterprise 9.0 System Administration

CODE: SPL_SESA9

LENGTH: 16 Hours (2 days)

PRICE: €1 560,00

Description

This 12-hour 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.

Objectives

Description

  • Splunk Deployment Overview
  • License Management
  • Splunk Configuration Files
  • Splunk Apps
  • Index Management
  • Users, Roles, and Authentication
  • Basic Forwarding
  • Distributed Search

Prerequisites

To be successful, students should have a solid understanding of either the following courses:

  • What Is Splunk?
  • Intro to Splunk
  • Using FieldsIntroduction to Knowledge Objects

OR the following courses:

  • Fundamentals 1
  • Fundamentals 2

Programme

Module 1 - Deploying 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

Module 2 - Monitoring Splunk

• Use Splunk Health Report

• Enable the Monitoring Console (MC)

• Use Splunk Assist

• Use Splunk Diag

Module 3 - Licensing Splunk

• Identify Splunk license types

• Describe license violations

• Add and remove licenses


Module 4 - Using Configuration Files

• Describe Splunk configuration directory structure

• Understand configuration layering process

• Use btool to examine configuration settings


Module 5 - Using Apps

• Describe Splunk apps and add-ons

• Install an app on a Splunk instance

• Manage app accessibility and permissions


Module 6 - Creating Indexes

• Learn how Splunk indexes functions

• Identify the types of index buckets

• Add and work with indexes

• Overview of metrics index


Module 7 - Managing 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 - Managing Users

• Add Splunk users using native authentication

• Describe user roles in Splunk

• Create a custom role

• Manage users in Splunk


Module 9 - Configuring Basic Forwarding

• Identify forwarder configuration steps

• Configure a Universal Forwarder

• Understand the Deployment Server


Module 10 - Configuring Distributed Search

• Describe how distributed search works

• Describe the roles of the search head and search peers

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