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Splunk Operational Intelligence Cookbook

Splunk Operational Intelligence Cookbook - Second Edition

By : Josh Diakun, Jose E. Hernandez, Derek Mock, Paul R. Johnson
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Splunk Operational Intelligence Cookbook

Splunk Operational Intelligence Cookbook

3.7 (6)
By: Josh Diakun, Jose E. Hernandez, Derek Mock, Paul R. Johnson

Overview of this book

Splunk makes it easy for you to take control of your data, and with Splunk Operational Cookbook, you can be confident that you are taking advantage of the Big Data revolution and driving your business with the cutting edge of operational intelligence and business analytics. With more than 70 recipes that demonstrate all of Splunk’s features, not only will you find quick solutions to common problems, but you’ll also learn a wide range of strategies and uncover new ideas that will make you rethink what operational intelligence means to you and your organization. You’ll discover recipes on data processing, searching and reporting, dashboards, and visualizations to make data shareable, communicable, and most importantly meaningful. You’ll also find step-by-step demonstrations that walk you through building an operational intelligence application containing vital features essential to understanding data and to help you successfully integrate a data-driven way of thinking in your organization. Throughout the book, you’ll dive deeper into Splunk, explore data models and pivots to extend your intelligence capabilities, and perform advanced searching to explore your data in even more sophisticated ways. Splunk is changing the business landscape, so make sure you’re taking advantage of it.
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Collecting data from remote scanning devices


It seems that every device being created and sold today has the ability to be "smart" and can sit on your network sending data about what it has been doing. The ability to capture this data in real time and integrate it into other business data is a critical step for enhancing your operational intelligence.

In this recipe, you will learn how to use the Splunk HTTP Event Collector to receive data from a remote scanning device that collects inventory levels of products from your warehouse. The scanning device has been configured to send HTTP requests with a custom JSON object indicating what it has just scanned, versus the traditional process of waiting until the end of the day to download its data.

Getting ready

To step through this recipe, you will need a running Splunk Enterprise server, with the sample data loaded from Chapter 1, Play Time – Getting Data In. You should be familiar with navigating the Splunk user interface and using the Splunk search...

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