Résumé du cours
IMPORTANT: The Splunk Enterprise Administration Fast Start is suitable for learners with Splunk On-Prem installations.
This Fast Start series is a bundle of 2 key modules with 30 hours of content provided over five days. This Fast Start prepares you to earn the Splunk Enterprise Certified Admin certification.
This is a bundle of 2 key Courses:
The course provides the fundamental knowledge of Splunk license manager, indexers and search heads. It covers configuration, management, and monitoring core Splunk Enterprise components. 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.
Moyens d'évaluation :
- Quiz pré-formation de vérification des connaissances (si applicable)
- Évaluations formatives pendant la formation, à travers les travaux pratiques réalisés sur les labs à l’issue de chaque module, QCM, mises en situation…
- Complétion par chaque participant d’un questionnaire et/ou questionnaire de positionnement en amont et à l’issue de la formation pour validation de l’acquisition des compétences
A qui s'adresse cette formation
- This course is designed for system administrators and administrators who are responsible for managing the Splunk Enterprise environment.
- The course provides the fundamental knowledge of Splunk license manager, indexers and search heads.
- The course provides the fundamental knowledge of Splunk forwarders and methods to get remote data into Splunk indexers.
Certifications
Cette formation prépare à la/aux certifications:
Pré-requis
Objectifs
At the end of this course, you should be able to :
- Understand System Administration
- Understand Splunk Deployment
- Understand License Management
- Understand Splunk Apps
- Understand Splunk Configuration Files
- Understand Users, Roles, and Authentication
- Get Data In
- Understand Distributed Search
- Understand Data Administration
- Understand sourcetypes
- Manage and deploy forwarders
- Configure data inputs
- Understand Fire monitors
- Understand Network inputs (TCP/UDP)
- Understand Scripted inputs
- Understand 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
Contenu
Splunk Enterprise System Administration
Module 1 - Splunk Server Deployment
- 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 - Splunk Server Monitoring
- Enable the Monitoring Console (MC)
- Identify Splunk license types
- Describe license violations
- Add and remove licenses
- Use Splunk Diag
Module 3 - Splunk Apps
- Describe Splunk apps and add-ons
- Install an app on a Splunk instance
- Manage app accessibility and permissions
Module 4 - Splunk Configuration Files
- Describe Splunk configuration directory structure
- Understand configuration layering process
- Use btool to examine configuration settings
Module 5 - Splunk Indexes
- Learn how Splunk indexes function
- Identify the types of index buckets
- Add and work with indexes
- Overview of metrics index
Module 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
Module 7 - Splunk User Management
- Add Splunk users using native authentication
- Describe user roles in Splunk
- Create a custom role
- Manage users in Splunk
Module 8 - Configuring Basic Forwarding
- Identify forwarder configuration steps
- Configure a Universal Forwarder
- Understand the Deployment Server
Module 9 - Distributed Search
- Describe how distributed search works
- Define the roles of the search head and search peers
Splunk Enterprise Data Administration
Module 1 -Introduction to Data Administration
- 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 - Getting Data In - Staging
- Identify Splunk configuration files and directories
- Describe index-time and search-time precedence
- Validate and update configuration files
Module 3 - Configuring Forwarders
- Identify 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 and Scripted Inputs
- Create network (TCP and UDP) inputs
- Describe optional settings for network inputs
Module 7 - Agentless Inputs
- Create a basic scripted input
Module 8 - Fine Tuning Inputs
- Configure Splunk HTTP Event Collector (HEC) agentless input
- Describe Splunk App for Stream
Module 9 - Parsing Phase and Data
- Identify Linux-specific inputs
- Identify Windows-specific inputs
Module 10 - Manipulating Raw Data
- Understand the default processing that occurs during input phase
- Configure input phase options, such as source type fine-tuning and character set encoding
Module 11 - Supporting Knowledge Objects
- 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 parsing phase
Module 12 - Creating a Diag
- 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
- Identify the pros and cons of indexed time field extractions
- Configure indexed field extractions
- Describe default search time extractions
- Manage orphaned knowledge object
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