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Day 1: Introduction to Splunk and Core Concepts

Duration: 5 Hours
1. Opening Session (30 mins)
 Introduction of trainer and participants
 Overview of training objectives and agenda
 Setting expectations
2. Introduction to Splunk (1 hour)
 What is Splunk? (Overview, use cases)
 Splunk architecture and components
 Installation and configuration basics
 Best practices for deployment
3. Data Onboarding (1.5 hours)
 Data sources supported by Splunk
 Indexes, forwarders, and parsing data
 Hands-on practice: Adding data inputs and monitoring data feeds
 Common challenges in data ingestion
4. Lunch Break (1 hour)
5. Data Processing in Splunk (1.5 hours)
 Data pipeline: Input, parsing, indexing, and searching
 Field extraction and data transformation techniques
 Interactive demo: Basic data parsing and index management
 Caveats in data extraction and formatting
6. Wrap-Up & Q&A (30 mins)
 Recap of the day
 Open floor for questions and discussions

Day 2: Splunk Search Processing Language (SPL) and Advanced Searching


Duration: 5 Hours
1. Review and Warm-Up (30 mins)
 Quick review of Day 1 key points
 Warm-up exercise: Simple data search
2. Introduction to Search Processing Language (1.5 hours)
 Overview of SPL syntax and structure
 Basic search commands: search, stats, table, eval
 Interactive lab: Creating basic search queries
 Practical tips and common SPL pitfalls
3. Advanced Searching Techniques (1.5 hours)
 Using join, append, and subsearch effectively
 Implementing lookup tables for enriched searches
 Hands-on activity: Building advanced searches and reports
 Troubleshooting search performance
4. Lunch Break (1 hour)
5. Data Visualization and Dashboards (1.5 hours)
 Creating and customizing dashboards
 Using panels, charts, and visualizations
 Best practices for interactive dashboard design
 Exercise: Building a simple dashboard for a use case
 Potential issues when dealing with large data sets in visualizations
6. Wrap-Up & Q&A (30 mins)
 Day 2 review and participant questions
 Key insights and discussion

Day 3: Splunk Administration and Management


Duration: 5 Hours
1. Recap of Day 2 and Introduction to Day 3 Topics (30 mins)
 Discussion on previous day’s activities
 Overview of administration focus
2. User and Role Management (1 hour)
 User authentication and access control
 Role-based access: Creating and assigning roles
 Hands-on exercise: Configuring user roles and permissions
3. Managing and Monitoring Splunk (1.5 hours)
 Monitoring Splunk system health and performance metrics
 Common Splunk logs and their interpretation
 Using built-in monitoring dashboards
 Troubleshooting common admin issues
4. Lunch Break (1 hour)
5. Data Lifecycle Management (1 hour)
 Index management and retention policies
 Archiving and managing cold data
 Hands-on task: Configuring index lifecycle settings
6. Best Practices and Final Hands-On Challenge (30 mins)
 Review of best practices for Splunk administration
 Final group activity: Apply learning to solve a use case scenario
7. Closing Session (30 mins)
 Open Q&A and additional tips
 Feedback collection from participants
 Certificate of completion (if applicable)

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