Splunk Basics Course

Splunk Basics Course: Complete Hands-On Tutorial on Logging & Monitoring 🚀

Course Headline: Dive into the world of data with Splunk - Master the art of logging and monitoring to keep your IT environment in check!

Course Description:

👩‍💻 Hands-On Learning Experience: Get ready to immerse yourself in a hands-on learning journey with this course. We will set up a virtual lab environment to simulate real-world scenarios, where we'll collect logs from an Apache web server and a Fortigate firewall, and then proceed to analyze them using Splunk.

Why These Log Sources? The Apache web server and Fortigate firewall are chosen for their prevalence in most IT environments. By mastering the integration of these log sources in this introductory course, you'll be well-equipped to handle a wide array of other log types in the future. We'll steer clear of more complex integrations like those with databases in this course as they are better suited for advanced Splunk training.

From Logs to Actionable Insights: Once we have onboarded the logs into Splunk, we'll delve into searching and exploring the data, enhancing it with meaningful fields extracted from these logs. This is where the real power of Splunk unfolds, as we prepare to leverage the Splunk Searching Processing Language (SPL) to create reports, dashboards, and alerts.

Beyond the Basics: This course is designed to lay a solid foundation for you in Splunk. It's the first step towards more advanced topics such as:

• High Availability configurations
• Setting up Indexers clusters and Search head clusters
• Configureing Deployments servers
• Exploring Splunk Apps
• Mastering the Advanced SPL for complex searches

Course Validation: When this course was recorded, we were using Splunk 8.0.4.1. I have personally validated that the steps and instructions provided in this course are still applicable with Splunk Enterprise 9.0.1 as of my last update on 10-09-2022.

🎓 Takeaway: This course is your gateway to understanding and utilizing Splunk to its full potential. By the end of it, you'll have a clear grasp of how to navigate through the basics of logging and monitoring within your IT environment using Splunk, setting you up for success in becoming a Splunk power user!

Ready to embark on this data-rich adventure? Enroll now and let's unlock the secrets held within your IT systems with Splunk! 🌟