Transitioning To Splunk Cloud Course Description
Transitioning To Splunk Cloud Course Description
Note: Splunk Cloud Administration and Transitioning to Splunk Cloud Module 3 – Managing Users
SHOULD NOT be taken together as both are designed to develop ▪ Identify Splunk Cloud authentication options
Splunk Cloud specific skills and as such there is some overlap. ▪ Add Splunk users using native authentication
▪ Integrate Splunk with LDAP, Active Directory or SAML
Course Topics
▪ Create a custom role
▪ Splunk Cloud overview and migration
▪ Manage users in Splunk
▪ Managing user authentication and authorization in Splunk
▪ Use Workload Management to manage user resource usage
▪ Managing Splunk indexes
▪ Configuring Splunk forwarders for Cloud Module 4 – Managing Indexes
▪ Configuring inputs to Cloud, including API, Scripted, HEC and ▪ Understand cloud indexing strategy
Application based inputs ▪ Define and create indexes
▪ Exploring GDI performance considerations ▪ Manage data retention and archiving
▪ Installing and managing applications ▪ Delete and mask data from an index
▪ Problem isolation and working with Splunk Cloud support ▪ Monitor indexing activities
Prerequisite Knowledge Module 5 – Managing Apps
To be successful, students should have a working knowledge of the ▪ Review the process for installing apps
topics covered in the following courses:
▪ Define the purpose of private apps
▪ What is Splunk?
▪ Upload private apps
▪ Intro to Splunk
▪ Describe how apps are managed
▪ Using Fields
▪ Introduction to Knowledge Objects Module 6 – Configuring Forwarders
▪ Creating Knowledge Objects ▪ List Splunk forwarder types
▪ Creating Field Extractions ▪ Understand the role of forwarders
▪ Splunk Enterprise System Administration ▪ Configure a forwarder to send data to Splunk Cloud
▪ Splunk Enterprise Data Administration ▪ Test the forwarder connection
▪ Describe optional forwarder settings
Course Format Module 7 – Common Inputs
Instructor-led lecture with labs, delivered via virtual classroom, or at
your site. ▪ Describe forwarder inputs such as files and directories
▪ Create REST API inputs
▪ Create a basic scripted input
▪ Create Splunk HTTP Event Collector (HEC) agentless inputs
Appendix
▪ Explore Splunk security fundamentals
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