Preface

Splunk is awesome. Not only can you consume virtually any data with it, you can also extend and integrate Splunk with virtually any external system. Splunk uses sets of configurations that are referred to as applications or add-ons, which is the primary focus of this book. Leveraging these applications and add-ons is what gives Splunk its unique ability to extend, learn, analyze, and visualize information.

Splunk helps users to determine the root cause of a failure, a quick overview of system health, and dive deep into SQL statements and messages, just to name a few. The aggregation and centralization of log and event management is a growing trend in the Big Data space. By leveraging the combined intelligence gathered from correlating disparate sets of data, businesses or individuals can make data-based decisions. This book will help a Splunk developer, or even just a curious end user, to develop different methods of consuming new data, design new types of visualization, or even just offer tips and tricks that help the software development lifecycle.