Learning Splunk

Course details

Splunk is a tool for analyzing and searching incoming data like application or database logs. In this course, learn the basics of how Splunk works. Join instructor Josh Samuelson as he explores the search and reporting features, and shows how to set up alerts so that you can catch potential problems before they become critical. He also explains how to set up some handy dashboards to get a quick view of the state of your systems, and wraps up with some high-level discussion of important areas like log management, APM, security, and more.

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Make sense of your data with Splunk
02 - What is Splunk
03 - Install Splunk

1. Tour of Major Features

04 - Add data
05 - Set up your Splunk user
06 - Search
07 - Reporting
08 - Add-ons

2. Search

09 - Basics of the search interface
10 - Simple filtering
11 - Time
12 - Understanding results - Fields
13 - Complex filtering
14 - Advanced search syntax
15 - Challenge - Track down an issue
16 - Solution - Track down an issue

3. Reporting and Dashboards

17 - Reporting overview
18 - Create a simple report
19 - Visualize errors
20 - Create a dashboard panel

4. Alerting

21 - Alerting concepts
22 - Create an alert
23 - Advanced alerting
24 - Challenge - Install an add-on
25 - Solution - Install an add-on

5. Practical Splunk

26 - WebApp monitoring challenges
27 - Install the universal forwarder
28 - Configure remote data
29 - Using multiple data streams

Conclusion

30 - Next steps

Learning Splunk

Authors

Josh Samuelson