In this chapter, we'll cover how to combine configuration files, scripts, knowledge objects, and reports/dashboards into packages called apps that make Splunk more useful and relevant to specific technologies or business-driven use cases. This chapter will also introduce several of the most useful (and mostly free) apps and add-ons available from Splunkbase that further extend the value of Splunk by providing optimized data collection and management functions for a wide variety of technologies, including Linux and Windows servers, databases, and various logs and metrics from AWS, to give just a few examples. Finally, we'll review the Splunk Machine Learning Toolkit, DB Connect, and Splunk's premium apps – IT Service Intelligence, Enterprise Security, and User Behavior Analytics, and see how they fit into comprehensive monitoring and situational...
Splunk 7.x Quick Start Guide
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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.
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Splunk 7.x Quick Start Guide
Table of Contents (12 chapters)
Preface
Free Chapter
Introduction to Splunk
Architecting Splunk
Installing and Configuring Splunk
Getting Data into Splunk
Administering Splunk Apps and Users
Searching with Splunk
Splunk Knowledge Objects
Splunk Reports, Dashboards, and Alerts
Splunk Applications
Advanced Splunk
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