Implementing Splunk (Update)

Book Description

If you are a data analyst with basic knowledge of Big Data analysis but no knowledge of Splunk, then this book will help you get started with Splunk. The book assumes that you have access to a copy of Splunk, ideally not in production, and many examples also assume you have administrator rights.

What you will learn

• Enrich your data with lookups and commands
• Transform your data into useful and beautiful reports
• Build professionallooking, informative dashboards
• Get to know what Splunk data models and pivots are
• Learn about pivot editor, pivot elements, filters, Sparklines, and more
• Manage configurations from one to thousands of instances
• Extend Splunk with scripts and advanced configuration
• Create fields from your unstructured data
• Write searches that are fast and lean

Who this book is for

If you are a data analyst with basic knowledge of Big Data analysis but no knowledge of Splunk, then this book will help you get started with Splunk. The book assumes that you have access to a copy of Splunk, ideally not in production, and many examples also assume you have administrator rights.