Contreras / Delgado / Sigman Splunk 7 Essentials

Demystify machine data by leveraging datasets, building reports, and sharing powerful insights
3. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-78883-012-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 220 Seiten

Transform machine data into powerful analytical intelligence using SplunkKey Features - 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
Book DescriptionSplunk 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
Who this book is forThis book is for the beginners who want to get well versed in the services offered by Splunk 7. If you want to be a data/business analyst or want to be a system administrator, this book is what you want. No prior knowledge of Splunk is required.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Contreras, J-P

Delgado, Erickson

Sigman, Betsy Page

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Daten / Datenbanken Datenbankdesign & Datenbanktheorie
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Business Application Unternehmenssoftware
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Informatik Mensch-Maschine-Interaktion Informationsarchitektur
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Daten / Datenbanken Automatische Datenerfassung, Datenanalyse

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of Contents - Splunk - Getting Started
- Bringing in Data
- Search Processing Language
- Reporting, Alerts and Search Optimization
- Dynamic Dashboarding
- Data Models and Pivot

- HTTP Event Collector

- Best Practices and Advanced Queries
- Taking Splunk to the Organization

Über Autor(innen)

Contreras J-P :

J-P Contreras, a Splunk-certified administrator and sales engineer, has delivered value-oriented data analytics and performance planning solutions for 20+ years. He has built award-winning consulting teams to help companies turn data into analytical insights. He helps companies implement Splunk and enjoys everything the Splunk community offers. He received his MBA in e-commerce from DePaul University's Kellstadt Graduate School of Business, Chicago, in 2001. He trains in DePaul's Continuing Education Program and is a member of DePaul's Driehaus School of Business Advisory Board. He'd like to thank his family, especially his wife and children, and close friends for making life so enjoyable.Delgado Erickson :

Erickson Delgado is an enterprise architect who loves to mine and analyze data. He began using Splunk in version 4.0 and has pioneered the use of the application in his current work. In the earlier parts of his career, he worked with start-up companies in the Philippines to help build their open source infrastructure. He then worked in the cruise industry as a shipboard IT manager, and he loved it. From there, he was recruited to work at the company's headquarters as a software engineer.Sigman Betsy Page :

Betsy Page Sigman is a distinguished professor at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. She has taught courses in statistics, project management, databases, and electronic commerce for the last 16 years, and has been recognized with awards for teaching and service. She has also worked at George Mason University in the past. Her recent publications include a Harvard Business case study and a Harvard Business review article. Additionally, she is a frequent media commentator on technological issues and big data.