EQALIS ACADEMY

Using Splunk 4.1

Quickly learn how to use Splunk

Do you want to become a better Splunker?

This 4.5 hour course prepares users to get the most out of searching, navigating, alerting and reporting. It's recommended for anyone in your organization who needs to look at log data - from help desk staff to systems administrators and developers.

Course Topics:

• What is Splunk? How you will use it?
• How to access and navigate Splunk’s web interface
• Splunk’s search language
• Using point and click shortcuts in the web interface
• Capture and share knowledge using tags and other techniques
• Creating event types and tags
• Saving and sharing searches
• Creating reports and alerts
• How to get help

Class Format

Instructor-led lecture with labs. Delivered via virtual classroom or at your site.

Course Objectives

Lesson One - Overview

• How can Splunk help you?
• What type of data can Splunk digest?
• What help is available?

Lesson Two - Searching

• Identify the sections of the Splunk user interface.
• Navigate among Apps.
• Use the Splunk box to enter search commands.
• Distinguish between Splunk-supplied data and event data.
• Use search results to refine your search.
• Use the timerange selector and timeline to spot trends and narrow search results.
• Identify fields.
• Save a search.
• Define event types and tags.
• Use Splunk search syntax.

Lesson Three - Reports and Alerts

• Identify the benefits of using reports.
• Turn a search into a report.
• Put a report in a dashboard.
• Create Alerts.
• List the notification methods for Alerts.

Lesson Four - Advanced search syntax

• Define data generator commands and data processing commands.
• Describe the search pipeline.
• List several data processing commands.

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EQALIS provide scheduled monthly web based training for splunk customers and partners in Europe, Middle East, Aftica, and Asia. We can also offer discounted rates for group bookings delivered at your place of business or remotely.

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