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Bringing in Data

Computerized systems are responsible for much of the data produced on a daily basis. Splunk Enterprise makes it easy to get data from many of these systems. This data is frequently referred to as machine data. And since machines mostly generate data in an ongoing or streaming nature, Splunk is especially useful as it can handle streaming data easily and efficiently.

In addition to capturing machine data, Splunk Enterprise allows you, as the user, to enhance and enrich the data either as it is stored or as it is searched. Machine data can be enriched with business rules and logic for enhanced searching capabilities. Often it is combined with traditional row/column data to provide business context to machine data with data such a product hierarchies.

In this chapter, you will learn about Splunk and how it relates to a often used term - big data, as well as the most...

Key benefits

• Analyze and visualize machine data to step into the world of Splunk!

• Leverage the exceptional analysis and visualization capabilities to make informed decisions for your business

• This easy-to-follow, practical book can be used by anyone - even if you have never managed data before

Description

Splunk is a search, reporting, and analytics software platform for machine data, which has an ever-growing market adoption rate. More organizations than ever are adopting Splunk to make informed decisions in areas such as IT operations, information security, and the Internet of Things. The first two chapters of the book will get you started with a simple Splunk installation and set up of a sample machine data generator, called Eventgen. After this, you will learn to create various reports, dashboards, and alerts. You will also explore Splunk's Pivot functionality to model data for business users. You will then have the opportunity to test-drive Splunk's powerful HTTP Event Collector. After covering the core Splunk functionality, you'll be provided with some real-world best practices for using Splunk, and information on how to build upon what you've learned in this book. Throughout the book, there will be additional comments and best practice recommendations from a member of the SplunkTrust Community, called "Tips from the Fez".

What you will learn

Install and configure Splunk for personal use

• Store event data in Splunk indexes, classify events into sources, and add

data fields

• Learn essential Splunk Search Processing Language commands

and best practices

• Create powerful real-time or user-input dashboards

• Be proactive by implementing alerts and scheduled reports

• Tips from the Fez: best practices using Splunk features and add-ons

• Understand security and deployment considerations for taking Splunk to an organizational level

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D wooden Jul 25, 2018

Great book!

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Brent Breithaupt Apr 06, 2018

I highly recommend buying this book if you are genuinely interested in learning Splunk and leveraging it in your organization. Not only did it teach me the fundamentals, but more importantly learning best practices and the key considerations for taking Splunk to drive value to my constituents. I feel it provided me the knowledge and confidence to make use of it effectively.

Alejandro Castillo Jul 16, 2018

I was placed in a hot seat where I needed to know Splunk quickly, so I read the description and purchased the book. Little did I know it carried the Splunk fundamentals 1 & 2 information in this book. So I read it and passed the certified user user and I look forward to passing the certified Splunk power user soon.During my study I even had a few questions so I messaged the author on LinkedIn and he was more than willing to help out. Overall I’m very impressed in the material completeness and I couldn’t be happier knowing I have somewhere to turn to should I have questions :)

D G Onyeadiri Aug 29, 2018

Just bought this book this month. The book is an awesome book to learn Splunk. The book is well written and easy to read and understand. I highly recommend it for anyone trying to learn Splunk.

Katia Apr 13, 2018

Splunk 7 Essentials, Third Edition: Demystify machine data by leveraging datasets, building reports, and sharing powerful insights , Third Edition

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Splunk 7 Essentials, Third Edition

Bringing in Data

Splunk and big data

Streaming data

Splunk data sources

Machine data

Creating indexes

Buckets

Log files as data input

Splunk events and fields

Extracting new fields

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