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Architecting Splunk

If you have just started learning Splunk, it is unlikely that you would be expected to architect and implement a complex Splunk solution, especially for a larger enterprise. Typically, such projects are advisedly executed with the assistance of experienced architects from Splunk professional services, a Splunk partner consultancy, or your own in-house architects. However, you may be championing an introductory Splunk sandbox or solution at your company, or joining an existing team and need to come up to speed quickly—in which case, this overview should be helpful.

The topics that will be covered in this chapter include the following:

Collecting the data needed for choosing an appropriate Splunk configuration
Understanding the different types of Splunk environments
Understanding replication and search factors
Introduction to indexing buckets
Considerations...

Key benefits

Understand the various components of Splunk and how they work together to provide a powerful Big Data analytics solution.

Collect and index data from a wide variety of common machine data sources

Design searches, reports, and dashboard visualizations to provide business data insights

Description

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.

Who is this book for?

This book is intended for experienced IT personnel who are just getting started working with Splunk and want to quickly become proficient with its usage. Data analysts who need to leverage Splunk to extract critical business insights from application logs and other machine data sources will also benefit from this book.

What you will learn

Design and implement a complex Splunk Enterprise solution

Configure your Splunk environment to get machine data in and indexed

Build searches to get and format data for analysis and visualization

Build reports, dashboards, and alerts to deliver critical insights

Create knowledge objects to enhance the value of your data

Install Splunk apps to provide focused views into key technologies

Monitor, troubleshoot, and manage your Splunk environment

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