Splunk Enterprise Practical Lab Course Overview:

This 24-hour practical lab exercise is designed to provide participants with hands-on experience in a simulated development environment. Each participant will have access to a designated set of Linux servers and a predefined set of requirements. The goal is for participants to complete a mock deployment following the Splunk Deployment Methodology and adhering to best practices. During the exercise, participants will have the opportunity to apply their knowledge and skills to create a practical deployment scenario.

Intended Audience:

• Splunk Administrators: Those responsible for managing Splunk deployments and infrastructure.
• Splunk Architects: Individuals involved in designing Splunk enterprise deployments.
• Splunk Developers: Those who need to understand the deployment process as part of their development work.
• IT Professionals: Professionals working in IT who want to enhance their knowledge of Splunk deployment practices.
• Splunk Power Users: Advanced users of Splunk who want to explore the deployment aspect.
• System Administrators: Those with a background in system administration looking to extend their skills to Splunk deployment.
• IT Managers: Managers who oversee Splunk deployments and want to gain practical insights.

Learning Objectives of Splunk Enterprise Practical Lab:

Installation and Infrastructure:

• Install forwarders, indexer, search head, deployment server, and license master.

Configuration and Collection:

• Configure an index cluster.
• Deploy all specified configurations via the deployment server.
• Configure inputs from forwarders.
• Configure and confirm index-time knowledge.
• Create search-time fields.

Searching and Reporting:

• Create searches for each required use case.
• Get indexer event acknowledgments.