Splunk Enterprise System Administration

The course provides the fundamental knowledge of Splunk license manager, indexers and search heads. It covers configuration, management, and monitoring core Splunk Enterprise components.

Retail Price: $1,500.00

Next Date: 11/17/2025

Course Days: 1


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Course Objectives

  • Splunk Deployment Overview
  • License Management
  • Splunk Apps
  • Splunk Configuration Files
  • Users, Roles, and Authentication
  • Getting Data In
  • Distributed Search

Who should attend

This 9-hour virtual course is designed for system administrators who are responsible for managing the Splunk Enterprise environment.

Prerequisites

To be successful, students should have a solid understanding of the following courses:

  • Fundamentals 1
  • Fundamentals 2

Outline: Splunk Enterprise System Administration (SESA)

Module 1 - Splunk Server Deployment

  • Provide an overview of Splunk
  • Identify Splunk Enterprise components
  • Identify the types of Splunk deployments
  • List the steps to install Splunk
  • Use Splunk CLI commands

Module 2 - Splunk Server Monitoring

  • Enable the Monitoring Console (MC)
  • Identify Splunk license types
  • Describe license violations
  • Add and remove licenses
  • Use Splunk Diag

Module 3 - Splunk Apps

  • Describe Splunk apps and add-ons
  • Install an app on a Splunk instance
  • Manage app accessibility and permissions

Module 4 - Splunk Configuration Files

  • Describe Splunk configuration directory structure
  • Understand configuration layering process
  • Use btool to examine configuration settings

Module 5 - Splunk Indexes

  • Learn how Splunk indexes function
  • Identify the types of index buckets
  • Add and work with indexes
  • Overview of metrics index

Module 6 - Splunk Index Management

  • Review Splunk Index Management basics
  • Identify data retention recommendations
  • Identify backup recommendations
  • Move and delete index data
  • Describe the use of the Fishbucket
  • Restore a frozen bucket

Module 7 - Splunk User Management

  • Add Splunk users using native authentication
  • Describe user roles in Splunk
  • Create a custom role
  • Manage users in Splunk

Module 8 - Configuring Basic Forwarding

  • Identify forwarder configuration steps
  • Configure a Universal Forwarder
  • Understand the Deployment Server

Module 9 - Distributed Search

  • Describe how distributed search works
  • Define the roles of the search head and search peers
Course Dates Course Times (EST) Delivery Mode GTR
11/17/2025 - 11/18/2025 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Virtual Enroll