Splunk Enterprise System Administration (SESA)
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Course Overview
The course provides the fundamental knowledge of Splunk license manager, indexers and search heads. It covers configuration, management, and monitoring core Splunk Enterprise components.
Who Should Attend
This 9-hour virtual course is designed for system administrators who are responsible for managing the Splunk Enterprise environment.
Course Objectives
- Splunk Deployment Overview
- License Management
- Splunk Apps
- Splunk Configuration Files
- Users, Roles, and Authentication
- Getting Data In
- Distributed Search
Course Outline
1 - Splunk Server Deployment
- Provide an overview of Splunk
- Identify Splunk Enterprise components
- Identify the types of Splunk deployments
- List the steps to install Splunk
- Use Splunk CLI commands
2 - Splunk Server Monitoring
- Enable the Monitoring Console (MC)
- Identify Splunk license types
- Describe license violations
- Add and remove licenses
- Use Splunk Diag
3 - Splunk Apps
- Describe Splunk apps and add-ons
- Install an app on a Splunk instance
- Manage app accessibility and permissions
4 - Splunk Configuration Files
- Describe Splunk configuration directory structure
- Understand configuration layering process
- Use btool to examine configuration settings
5 - Splunk Indexes
- Learn how Splunk indexes function
- Identify the types of index buckets
- Add and work with indexes
- Overview of metrics index
6 - Splunk Index Management
- Review Splunk Index Management basics
- Identify data retention recommendations
- Identify backup recommendations
- Move and delete index data
- Describe the use of the Fishbucket
- Restore a frozen bucket
7 - Splunk User Management
- Add Splunk users using native authentication
- Describe user roles in Splunk
- Create a custom role
- Manage users in Splunk
8 - Configuring Basic Forwarding
- Identify forwarder configuration steps
- Configure a Universal Forwarder
- Understand the Deployment Server
9 - Distributed Search
- Describe how distributed search works
- Define the roles of the search head and search peers
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This is a 2-day class
Price : $1,500.00
NERCOMP Price : $1,425.00
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