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Splunk 7.x Quick Start Guide

By : James H. Baxter
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Splunk 7.x Quick Start Guide

By: James H. Baxter

Overview of this book

Splunk is a leading platform and solution for collecting, searching, and extracting value from ever increasing amounts of big data - and big data is eating the world! This book covers all the crucial Splunk topics and gives you the information and examples to get the immediate job done. You will find enough insights to support further research and use Splunk to suit any business environment or situation. Splunk 7.x Quick Start Guide gives you a thorough understanding of how Splunk works. You will learn about all the critical tasks for architecting, implementing, administering, and utilizing Splunk Enterprise to collect, store, retrieve, format, analyze, and visualize machine data. You will find step-by-step examples based on real-world experience and practical use cases that are applicable to all Splunk environments. There is a careful balance between adequate coverage of all the critical topics with short but relevant deep-dives into the configuration options and steps to carry out the day-to-day tasks that matter. By the end of the book, you will be a confident and proficient Splunk architect and administrator.
Table of Contents (12 chapters)

Additional study topics

If you plan to make Splunk part of your career path and goals, you'll want to expand your Splunk knowledge and experience by reading books (such as this one!), the Splunk docs, and getting some hands-on experience. You will also want to take as many of the Splunk training classes as you can afford or justify they are excellent and essential for obtaining a more rounded knowledge base and those oh-so-important certifications.

The list of topics and documentation links provided offer good coverage for much of the Splunk landscape; I suggest you at least browse through these just to make yourself aware of all of the subjects the real learning happens when you really need to look up and use a feature or configuration setting. After a while, it all starts to gel together and your confidence and efficiency both climb dramatically. Check...