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Splunk Training Provider Authorised Learning Partner Australia

Splunk Enterprise Data Administration

The Splunk Enterprise Data Administration course (Version 9) is designed for system administrators who are responsible for getting data into Splunk Indexers.

 

The Splunk Enterprise Data Administration course provides the fundamental knowledge of Splunk forwarders and methods to get remote data into Splunk indexers. It covers installation, configuration, management, monitoring, troubleshooting of Splunk forwarders and Splunk Deployment Server components.

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Splunk Credit Value : 225

Duration : 18 hours over 3 days

Time : 9:00 am - 4:00 pm AEST
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*Course discounts apply for Splunk Partners. Please use the currency convertor above to check for course pricing in your local currency.

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Splunk Enterprise Data Administration

The instructor was very patient and worked with everyone who had issues and sorted them out.
Thanks for that.

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Splunk Enterprise Data Administration
Splunk Enterprise Data Administration - Course Topics

  • 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

Course Prerequisites

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

  • Fundamentals 1

  • Fundamentals 2 (recommended)

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 understand the following courses:

  • Splunk Enterprise System Administration (recommended)

Splunk Enterprise Data Administration - Audience

Anyone within a technical role who is involved in the management of Splunk within their organisation or are looking to become Splunk certified. Previous attendees have included IT Administrators, DevOps, Security Analysts and Solution Architects.

Class Format

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

Related Certifications

Splunk Enterprise Certified Admin

Splunk Enterprise Certified Architect
Splunk Certified Enterprise Security Admin

Splunk IT Service Intelligence Certified Admin

After completing Splunk Enterprise Data Administration course you will be able to

  • Install and Configure forwarders

  • Get data into a production environment

  • Maintain and manage forwarders

  • Correctly create and maintain inputs:

    • Files

    • Directories

    • Network

    • Scripted

    • Agentless

  • Understand and work with the data input phases

    • Inputs

    • Parsing

    • Indexing

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Splunk Enterprise Data Administration - Course Objectives

Module 1 - Getting Data Into Splunk

  • Provide an overview of Splunk

  • Describe the Splunk 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 and Apps

  • Identify Splunk configuration files and directories

  • Describe index-time and search-time precedence

  • Validate and update configuration files

  • Explore Splunk apps and app installation

Module 3 - Configuring Forwarders

  • Configure Universal Forwarders

  • Configure Heavy Forwarders

Module 4 - Customizing Forwarders

  • Configure intermediate forwarders

  • Identify additional forwarder options

Module 5 - Managing Forwarders

  • Describe Splunk Deployment Server (DS)

  • Manage forwarders using deployment apps

  • Configure deployment clients and client groups

  • Monitor forwarder management activities

Module 6 - Monitor Inputs

  • Create file and directory monitor inputs

  • Use optional settings for monitor inputs

  • Deploy a remote monitor input

Module 7 - Network Inputs

  • Create network (TCP and UDP) inputs

  • Describe optional settings for network inputs

Module 8 - Scripted Inputs

  • Create a basic scripted input

Module 9 - Agentless Inputs

  • Configure Splunk HTTP Event Collector (HEC) agentless input

  • Describe Splunk App for Stream

Module 10 - Operating System Inputs

  • Identify Linux-specific inputs

  • Identify Windows-specific inputs​

Module 11 - Fine-tuning Inputs

  • Understand the default processing that occurs during input phase

  • Configure input phase options, such as source type fine-tuning and character set encoding

Module 12 - 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 parsing phase

Module 13 - Manipulating Input Data

  • Explore Splunk transformation methods

  • Create rulesets with Ingest Actions

  • Mask data with Ingest Actions rules

  • Mask data with SEDCMD and TRANSFORMS

Module 14 - Routing Input Data

  • Filter data with Ingest Action rules

  • Route data with Ingest Action rules

  • Route data with Transforms

  • Override sourcetype or host based upon event values

Module 15 - 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 objects

Splunk Course Schedules and Timezones

Ingeniq Course are delivered live and in English and provide access to customers spanning multiple timezones.

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Dates and times displayed for each course are relative to Australian Eastern Time (AET).

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AM Marked Splunk Courses

AM marked courses start at AET 9:00am and finish at AET 1:30pm and are optimal for customers in the following countries and areas;

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  • UTC+10 including Australia (East Coast)

  • UCT+11/+12 including New Zealand and the Pacific Islands

  • UTC-8 including USA (West Coast), Canada (West Coast)

  • UTC-7 including USA (Mid West)

PM Marked Splunk Courses

PM marked courses usually starts at AEDT 12:00pm or AEST 11:00 am and are optimal for customers in the following countries and areas;

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  • UTC+10 including Australia (East Coast)

  • UCT+11/+12 including New Zealand and the Pacific Islands

  • UTC-8 including USA (West Coast), Canada (West Coast)

  • UTC-7 including USA (Mid West)

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