SPLUNK ESSENTIALS - SECOND EDITION IBD

Sinopsi

A fast-paced and practical guide to demystifying big data and transforming it into operational intelligenceKey FeaturesWant to get started with Splunk to analyze and visualize machine data? Open this book and step into the world of Splunk.Leverage the exceptional analysis and visualization capabilities to make informed decisions for your businessThis easy-to-follow, practical book can be used by anyone, even if you have never managed any data beforeBook DescriptionSplunk is a search, analysis, and reporting platform for machine data, which has a high adoption on the market. More and more organizations want to adopt Splunk to use their data to make informed decisions.This book is for anyone who wants to manage data with Splunk. You?ll start with very basics of Splunk- installing Splunk-and then move on to searching machine data with Splunk. You will gather data from different sources, isolate them by indexes, classify them into source types, and tag them with the essential fields. After this, you will learn to create various reports, XML forms, and alerts. You will then continue using the Pivot Model to transform the data models into visualization. You will also explore visualization with D3 in Splunk. Finally you?ll be provided with some real-world best practices in using Splunk.What You Will LearnInstall and configure SplunkGather data from different sources, isolate them by indexes, classify them into source types, and tag them with the essential fieldsBe comfortable with the Search Processing Language and get to know the best practices in writing search queriesCreate stunning and powerful dashboardsBe proactive by implementing alerts and scheduled reportsUse the Splunk SDK and integrate Splunk data into other applicationsImplement the best practices in using Splunk.Who This Book Is ForThis book will be perfect for you if you are a Software engineer or developer or System administrators or Business analyst who seek to correlate machine data with business metrics and provide intuitive real-time and statistical visualizations. Some knowledge or experience of previous versions of Splunk will be helpful but not essential.