Splunk Enterprise System Administration
The Splunk Enterprise System Administration (Version 9) course is designed for system administrators who are responsible for managing the Splunk Enterprise environment.
The Splunk Enterprise System Administration course provides fundamental knowledge of Splunk license manager, indexers and search heads. It covers configuration, management and monitoring core Splunk Enterprise components.
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Splunk Credit Value : 150
Duration : 12 hours over 2 days
Time : 9:00 - 4:00 pm AET
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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.
Splunk Enterprise System Administration - Course Topics
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Splunk Deployment Overview
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License Management
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Splunk Apps
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Splunk Configuration Files
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Index Management
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Users, Roles and Authentication
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Basic Forwarding
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Distributed Search
Course Prerequisites
To be successful, students should have a solid understanding of the following courses:
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Fundamentals 1
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Fundamentals 2
Or the following single-subject courses:
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What is Splunk?
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Intro to Splunk
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Using Fields
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Introduction to Knowledge Objects
Related Certifications
Splunk Enterprise System 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
After completing Splunk Enterprise System Administration course you will be able to
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Build and manage a production Splunk environment
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Administer licences
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Install and configure forwarders
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Understand the basics of getting data into Splunk
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Maintain and optimise indexes
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Create and manage users & roles
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Understand Splunk scaling using distributed search and management
Splunk Enterprise System Administration - Course Objectives
Module 1 – Deploying Splunk
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Provide an overview of Splunk
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Identify Splunk Enterprise components
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Identify the types of Splunk deployments
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List the steps to install Splunk
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Use Splunk CLI commands
Module 2 – Monitoring Splunk
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Use Splunk Health Report
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Enable the Monitoring Console (MC)
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Use Splunk Assist
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Use Splunk Diag
Module 3 - Licensing Splunk
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Identify Splunk license types
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Describe license violations
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Add and remove licenses
Module 4 - Using Configuration Files
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Describe Splunk configuration directory structure
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Understand configuration layering process
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Use btool to examine configuration settings
Module 5 - Using Apps
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Describe Splunk apps and add-ons
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Install an app on a Splunk instance
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Manage app accessibility and permissions
Module 6 – Creating Indexes
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Apply a data retention policy
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Backup data on indexers
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Delete data from an index
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Restore frozen data
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Module 7 – Managing Index
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Review Splunk Index Management basics
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Identify data retention recommendations
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Identify backup recommendations
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Move and delete index data
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Describe the use of the Fishbucket
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Restore a frozen bucket
Module 8 – Managing Users
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Add Splunk users using native authentication
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Describe user roles in Splunk
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Create a custom role
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Manage users in Splunk
Module 9 – Configuring Basic Forwarding
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Identify forwarder configuration steps
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Configure a Universal Forwarder
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Understand the Deployment Server
Module 10 – Configuring Distributed Search
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Describe how distributed search works
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Describe the roles of the search head and search peers
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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)
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UCT+11/+12 including New Zealand and the Pacific Islands
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UTC-8 including USA (West Coast), Canada (West Coast)
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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)
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UCT+11/+12 including New Zealand and the Pacific Islands
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UTC-8 including USA (West Coast), Canada (West Coast)
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UTC-7 including USA (Mid West)
