Copyright © 2015 Splunk Inc.

Tony Vincent

Sales Engineer

Getting Started with Splunk Enterprise

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Making machine data accessible,usable and valuable to everyone.

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Our Plan of Action

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1.Setting the stage.

2.How does Splunk fit in the landscape?

3.What differentiates Splunk?

4.Components that make up Splunk?

5.Demo - How it works?

The Accelerating Pace of Data

Volume | Velocity | Variety | VariabilityGPS,

RFID,Hypervisor,

Web Servers,Email, Messaging,

Clickstreams, Mobile, Telephony, IVR, Databases,

Sensors, Telematics, Storage,Servers, Security Devices, Desktops

Machine data is the fastest growing, most complex, most valuable area of big data

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Industry Leading Platform For Machine Data

Machine Data: Any Location, Type, Volume

Online Services Web

Services

ServersSecurity GPS

Location

StorageDesktops

Networks

Packaged Applications

CustomApplicationsMessaging

TelecomsOnline

Shopping Cart

Web Clickstreams

Databases

Energy Meters

Call Detail Records

Smartphones and Devices

RFID

On-Premises

Private Cloud

Public Cloud

Platform Support (Apps / API / SDKs)

Enterprise Scalability

Universal Indexing

Answer Any Question

DeveloperPlatform

Report and

analyze

Custom dashboards

Monitor and alert

Ad hoc search

Universal Machine Data

Platform

No backend databaseNo custom connectorsNo need to filter dataSchema-on-the-flyQuick time to valueAgile statistics and reportingReal-time architecture

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shellAPI

Mounted File Systems\\hostname\mount

syslogTCP/UDP

Event Logs Performance

Active Directory

syslog hostsand network devices

Unix, Linux and Windows hosts

Local File MonitoringSplunk Forwarder

virtualhost

Windows

Scripted or Modular Inputsshell scripts

API subscriptions

Mainframes*nix

Wire DataSplunk App for Stream

Efficient Time Based Indexing

Splunk Differentiators

Splunk Differentiators

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• Role Based Access Control• Define roles and assign users to them.• Integrate with LDAP or SSO.

• Centralized Access• Allows multiple users across the organization to securely leverage same

instance with multiple data types.• Align data access to policies in the organization

• Secure Data Transmission• Universal Forwarders provides easy, reliable, secure data collection

from remote sources.• SSL security, data compression, configurable throttling and buffering.

Splunk Components

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Data Collection Layer - Universal Forwarders, syslog, API, TCP, Scripts, Wire, etc.

Data Indexing Layer – Indexer(s).

Data Presentation Layer– Search Head(s)

Universal Forwarder

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How to Get Started

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Demo – How it Works

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1. Installing and Starting Splunk2. Ingesting Data3. Search Basics

• Search Bar• Time Picker• Extracted Fields

4. Dynamic Field Extraction 5. Alerting6. Statistics and Reporting7. Command Language8. Splunk Applications

Demo

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Supplemental Information

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Get the following at splunk.does-it.net

Download• www.splunk.com/download

Search Tutorial:• docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/SearchTutorial

Tutorial Data:• docs.splunk.com/images/Tutorial/tutorialdata.zip

Education Resources

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Splunk Education• www.splunk.com/education

Using Splunk, Searching and Reporting, Developing Apps, Administering Splunk, and more!

Books• Implementing Splunk: Big Data Essentials for Operational Intelligence• Splunk Essentials• Exploring Splunk• Splunk Operational Intelligence Cookbook

Things to Remember

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1. Splunk is Free – Download and get started today2. Quick Time to Value3. Data Gold Mines – what informational fortune awaits?!4. Leverage the Splunk Community

• splunkbase.splunk.com• answers.splunk.com• blogs.splunk.com

5. Happy Splunking!!

Questions?

Thank You