Implementing Splunk - Second Edition

About This BookLearn to search, configure, and deploy Splunk on one or more machinesStart working with Splunk fast, with a tested set of practical examples and useful adviceStep-by-step instructions and examples with comprehensive coverage for Splunk veterans and newbies alikeWho 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.What You Will LearnEnrich your data with lookups and commandsTransform your data into useful and beautiful reportsBuild professional-looking, informative dashboardsGet to know what Splunk data models and pivots areLearn about pivot editor, pivot elements, filters, Sparklines, and moreManage configurations from one to thousands of instancesExtend Splunk with scripts and advanced configurationCreate fields from your unstructured dataWrite searches that are fast and leanIn DetailSplunk is a type of analysis and reporting software for analyzing machine-generated Big Data. It captures, indexes, and correlates real-time data in a searchable repository from which it can generate graphs, reports, alerts, dashboards, and visualizations. It aims to make machine data accessible across an organization for a variety of purposes.Implementing Splunk Second Edition is a learning guide that introduces you to all the latest features and improvements of Splunk 6.2. The book starts by introducing you to various concepts such as charting, reporting, clustering, and visualization. Every chapter is dedicated to enhancing your knowledge of a specific concept, including data models and pivots, speeding up your queries, backfilling, data replication, and so on. By the end of the book, you'll have a very good understanding of Splunk and be able to perform efficient data analysis.