Learning Splunk
Useful techniques to help you grasp operational intelligence basics with Splunk
Created by Tom Kopchak
Get hands-on with Splunk and learn how to set up, manage, and use it for operational intelligence. Explore searching, data onboarding, and dashboard creation while gaining practical experience in building your own Splunk environment. By the end, you'll feel ready to tackle real-world data challenges with confidence.
Packt | Mar 2020 | 247 min
What You Will Learn
You'll start by building your own Splunk environment, then work through practical exercises that guide you in adding data, normalizing it, and creating visualizations. Each concept is reinforced with hands-on labs, helping you apply what you learn directly in your own setup. This approach ensures you gain real, usable skills as you progress.
Key Features
- Set up and manage a Splunk environment from scratch on a Linux server
- Onboard, normalize, and search through different types of data efficiently
- Create dashboards and reports to visualize and analyze operational data
Target Audience
Ideal for IT professionals, system administrators, and data analysts who want practical Splunk skills. If you're new to Splunk but comfortable with basic Linux commands, you'll quickly move from beginner to confident user. This is a great fit if your goal is to manage, analyze, or secure data in a real-world environment.
