This 3 virtual day course is designed for administrators who are responsible for getting data into Splunk Indexers. The course provides the fundamental knowledge of Splunk forwarders and methods to get remote data into Splunk indexers. It covers installation, configuration, management, monitoring, and troubleshooting of Splunk forwarders and Splunk Deployment Server components.

• Understand sourcetypes
• Manage and deploy forwarders
• Configure data inputs
• Fire monitors
• Network inputs (TCP/UDP)
• Scripted inputs
• HTTP inputs (via the HTTP Event Collector)
• Customize the input phase parsing process
• Define transformations to modify data before indexing
• Define search time knowledge object configurations

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

• Splunk Fundamentals 1
• Splunk Fundamentals 2

OR the following single-subject courses:

What Is Splunk?

Intro to Splunk

Using Fields

Introduction to Knowledge Objects

Creating Knowledge Objects

Creating Field Extractions

Students should also have understand the following course:

Splunk Enterprise System Administration

Module 1 - Getting Data Into Splunk

• Provide an overview of Splunk
• Describe the four phases of the distributed model
• Describe data input types and metadata settings
• Configure initial input testing with Splunk Web
• Testing indexes with Input Staging

Module 2 - Configuration Files

Identify Splunk configuration files and directories

Describe index-time and search-time precedence

Validating and updating configuration files

Module 3 - Forwarder Configuration

Understand the role of production Indexers and forwarders

Understand and configure Universal Forwarders

Understand and configure Heavy Forwarders

Understand and configure intermediate forwarders

Identify additional forwarder options

Module 4 - Forwarder Management

Describe Splunk Deployment Server (DS)

Manage forwarders using deployment apps

Configure deployment clients and client groups

Monitor forwarder management activities

Module 5 - Monitor Inputs

Create file and directory monitor inputs

Use optional settings for monitor inputs

Deploy a remote monitor input

Module 6 - Network Inputs

Create network (TCP and UDP) inputs

Describe optional settings for network inputs

Module 7 - Scripted Inputs

Create a basic scripted input

Module 8 - Agentless Inputs

Understand and configure Splunk HTTP Event Collector (HeC) agentless input

Understanding Splunk App for Stream

Module 9 - Operating System Inputs

Understand Linux-specific inputs

Understanding Windows-specific inputs

Module 10 - Fine-tuning Inputs

Understand the default processing that occurs during input phase

Configure input phase options, such as sourcetype fine-tuning and character set encoding

Module 11 - Parsing Phase and Data Preview

Understand the default processing that occurs during parsing

Optimize and configure event line breaking

Explain how timestamps and time zones are extracted or assigned to events

Use Data Preview to validate event creation during the parsing phase

Module 12 - Manipulating Raw Data

Explain how data transformations are defined and invoked

Use transformations with props.conf and transforms.conf to:

• Mask or delete raw data as it is being indexed
• Override sourcetype or host based upon event values
• Route events to specific indexes based on event content
• Prevent unwanted events from being indexed

Use SEDCMD to modify raw data

Module 13 - Supporting Knowledge Objects

Define default and custom search time field extractions

Define the pros and cons of index time field extractions

Configure indexed field time extractions

Describe default search time extractions

Manage orphaned knowledge objects