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The document discusses the Splunk 6.4 Administration course, including its topics, modules, prerequisites and format.

The course covers topics like installation, configuring data inputs and forwarders, data management, user accounts, licenses, troubleshooting and monitoring for Splunk administration.

The course modules include setting up Splunk environment, building a basic production environment, parsing and searching, resource management and introduction to large-scale deployment.

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Splunk 6.4 Administration


This 20-hour course prepares system administrators to configure and manage Splunk. Topics include
installation, configuring data inputs and forwarders, data management, user accounts, licenses, and
troubleshooting and monitoring. The focus in this class is the knowledge, best practices, and
configuration details for Splunk administration in a medium to large distributed deployment
environment.

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Course Topics

Installation
License management
Managing Splunk apps
Splunk configuration files
Splunk index management
Users, roles, and authentication
Universal forwarder
Forwarder management
Data inputs in detail
Event Parsing with data preview
Manipulating raw data
Supporting knowledge objects
Distributed search
Basic performance tuning
Problem isolation overview
Introduction to large-scale Splunk deployment

Course Prerequisites

Using Splunk
Searching and Reporting with Splunk (strongly recommended)
Creating Splunk Knowledge Objects (strongly recommended)

Class Format

Instructor-led lecture with labs. Delivered via virtual classroom or at your site.

Course Modules
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Setting up a Splunk Enterprise Environment

Module 1 - Setting up Splunk


Module 2 - License management
Module 3 - Splunk apps
Module 4 - Splunk configuration files
Module 5 - Splunk index management
Module 6 - Users, roles, and authentication

Building a Basic Production Environment

Module 7 - Universal forwarder


Module 8 - Forwarder management

Splunk Inputs

Module 9 - Getting data in


Module 10 - Monitor inputs
Module 11 - Network and scripted inputs
Module 12 - Windows and agentless inputs
Module 13 - Fine-tuning Inputs

Parsing and Searching

Module 14 - Parsing phase and data preview


Module 15 - Manipulating raw data
Module 16 - Supporting knowledge objects
Module 17 - Distributed search

Splunk Resource Management

Module 18 - Basic performance tuning


Module 19 - Problem isolation overview
Module 20 - Introduction to large-scale deployment

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