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Splunk Operational Intelligence Cookbook

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Splunk Operational Intelligence Cookbook

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Splunk Operational Intelligence Cookbook
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Chapter 1. Play Time – Getting Data In

In this chapter, we will cover the basic ways to get data into Splunk. You will learn about:

  • Indexing files and directories

  • Getting data through network ports

  • Using scripted inputs

  • Using modular inputs

  • Using the Universal Forwarder to gather data

  • Loading the sample data for this book

  • Defining field extractions

  • Defining event types and tags