About this course

Build a Splunk instance, and learn the concepts and terminology you need to produce insightful data reports and dashboard from data

About This Video

• Build and administer a Splunk system and use it to complete lab activities—no need for preexisting Splunk environments.
• Hands-on labs walk you through building environments, bringing in data, and ultimately using your own Splunk environment that you built yourself!

In Detail

Maybe you've heard about Splunk, but don't know how to use it to take control of big data? Have you used Splunk, but want to learn how to set it up and use it properly? If so, this course is for you.

In this course, you will work with Splunk from the ground up. You'll learn the basics of Splunk terminology, and how to use the Splunk web interface to find data. You'll also build your own Splunk environment, add data to the Common Information Model (CIM), create dashboards, and find events within data. Finally, you'll master advanced searching techniques that are especially useful to those in network, security, and system administration roles.

The course also covers the latest additions brought in for Splunk 8 and helps you quickly perform an upgrade. By the end of the course, you will be confident about using Splunk and will be well on the road to becoming a proficient Splunk architect and administrator as quickly as possible!