Résumé du cours
This series consists of three modules totaling 36 hours of content and leads to the Splunk Enterprise Certified Architect certification.
The series consists of the following courses:
Moyens d'évaluation :
- Quiz pré-formation de vérification des connaissances (si applicable)
- Évaluations formatives pendant la formation, à travers les travaux pratiques réalisés sur les labs à l’issue de chaque module, QCM, mises en situation…
- Complétion par chaque participant d’un questionnaire et/ou questionnaire de positionnement en amont et à l’issue de la formation pour validation de l’acquisition des compétences
A qui s'adresse cette formation
Splunk administrators Eexperienced Splunk Enterprise administrator who is new to Splunk Clusters
Certifications
Cette formation prépare à la/aux certifications:
Pré-requis
Splunk Core Certified Power User AND Splunk Enterprise Certified Admin.
Hard pre-req: The three ILTs in this path PLUS the Splunk Enterprise Practical Lab.
Objectifs
At the end of this course, you should be able to :
- Understand Splunk Troubleshooting Methods and Tools
- Index Problems
- Input Configuration Problems
- Understand Deployment Problems
- Understand License, Upgrade, and User Management Problems
- Understand Search Management Problems
- User Search Problems
- Understand the Splunk Support Model and its resources
- Identify the best practices for troubleshooting Splunk Enterprise
- List ways to gather useful Splunk diagnostic information
- Use Splunk diagnostic tools
- Identify common Splunk technical issues and solve them
- Understand Requirements definition
- Understand Index and resource planning
- Understand Cluster
- Understand Forwarder and Deployment
- Integration
- Understand Performance Monitoring and Tuning
- Understand Large-scale Splunk Deployment
- Understand Single-site Indexer Cluster
- Understand Indexer Cluster Management and Administration
- Understand Forwarder Configuration
- Understand Search Head Cluster
- Understand Search Head Cluster Management and Administration
- Understand KV Store Collection and Lookup Management
- Understand SmartStore Implementation
Contenu
Troubleshooting Splunk Enterprise
Module 1 – Splunk Troubleshooting Methods and Tools
- Describe the Splunk Troubleshooting Approach
- List Splunk Diagnostic Resources and Tools
- Create and Splunk a Diag
- Use RapidDiag
Module 2 – Indexing Problems
- Discover Splunk Deployment Topology and its Server Roles
- Identify Where to Check the Index-Time Pipeline Status
- Use the metrics.log to Clarify the Index-Time Problem
Module 3 – Input Configuration Problems
- Data Input Issues
- Troubleshooting Inputs with the Monitoring Console
Module 4 – Deployment and Forwarder Problems
- Deployment Server Issues
- Forwarding and Receiving Issues
Module 5 – License, Upgrade, and User Management Problems
- Installation Issues
- Upgrade Considerations
- Splunk Licensing Issues
- Splunk Roles and User Management Issues
Module 6 – Search Head Management Problems
- Troubleshoot Distributed Search Issues
- Identify Job Scheduling Problems
- Learn to Diagnose Crashing Problems
- Describe How to Prioritize Resources for Critical Splunk Processes
Module 7 – User Search Problems
- Identify the Types of Search Problems
- Isolate and Troubleshoot Search Problems
Splunk Enterprise Cluster Administration
Module 1 – Splunk Troubleshooting Methods and Tools
- Deployment Design Factors
- How Splunk Enterprise can scale
- Splunk License Master
- Splunk 9.0 Security
Module 2 – Single-site Indexer Cluster
- How Splunk Single-Site Indexer Clusters Work
- Indexer Cluster Components and Terms
- Splunk single-site Indexer Cluster Configuration
- Splunk Indexer Cluster Log Channels
Module 3 – Multisite Indexer Cluster
- How Splunk Multisite Indexer Clusters Work
- Multisite Indexer Cluster Terms
- Multisite Indexer Cluster Configuration
- Optional Multisite Indexer Cluster Configurations
Module 4 – Indexer Cluster Management and Administration
- Peer Offline and Decommission
- Master App Bundles
- Indexer Cluster Storage Utilization Options
- Site Mapping
- Monitoring Console for Indexer Cluster Environment
- Cluster Manager Redundancy
Module 5 – Forwarder Management
- Indexer Discovery
- Optional Indexer Discovery Configurations
- Volume-Based Forwarder Load Balancing
Module 6 – Search Head Cluster
- Search Head Cluster Architecture
- Search Head Cluster Configuration
- Captaincy Identification and Cluster Status
- Search Head Cluster Settings
Module 7 – Search Head Cluster Management
- Search Head Cluster Deployer
- Captaincy Transfer
- Search Head Member Addition and Decommissioning
- Monitoring Console for Search Head Cluster
Module 8 – KV Store Collection and Lookup Management
- KV Store Collection in Splunk Clusters
- KV Store Monitoring with Monitoring Console
Module 9 – Introduction to Smart Store
- SmartStore Deployment Use Cases
- SmartStore Architecture Overview
- Enable SmartStore in Indexer Cluster
- Monitor SmartStore Status
Architecting Splunk Enterprise Deployments
Module 1 – Introduction
- Overview of the Splunk deployment planning process and associated tools
Module 2 – Project Requirements
- Identify critical information about environment, volume, users, and requirements
- Review checklists and resources to aid in collecting requirements
Module 3 – Infrastructure Planning: Index Design
- Design and size indexes
- Estimate storage requirements
- Identify relevant apps
Module 4 – Infrastructure Planning: Resource Planning
- List sizing factors for servers
- Describe how reference hardware is used to scale deployments
- Identify the impact of clustering for index replication and for search heads
Module 5- Clustering Overview
- Describe the different clustering capabilities
- Introduce the concepts of indexer and search head clustering
Module 6 - Forwarder and Deployment Best Practices
- Review types of forwarders
- Describe how to manage forwarder installation
- Review configuration management for all Splunk components, using Splunk deployment tools
- Provide best practices for a Splunk deployment
Module 7 - Integration
- Describe integration methods
- Identify common integration points
Module 8 – Performance Monitoring and Tuning
- Use the Monitoring Console to track the performance of your test environment
- List options to fine tune performance for production environment
Module 9 – Use Cases
- Provide example architecture topologies
- Discuss different architecture options based on use case
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