Transitioning to Splunk Cloud

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This course is designed for experienced Splunk Administrators who have worked with Splunk Enterprise on-premises and are newly responsible for Splunk Cloud Administration.  This course assumes that you have taken Splunk Enterprise System Administration and Splunk Enterprise Data Administration, or have equivalent experience.

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Module 1 – Splunk Cloud SaaS

• Describe Cloud SaaS benefits and features
• Identify Splunk Cloud administrator managed tasks
• Explain the differences between Splunk Enterprise on-premises and Splunk Enterprise Cloud

Module 2 – User Authentication and Authorization

• Identify Splunk Cloud authentication options
• Add Splunk users using native authentication
• Integrate Splunk with LDAP, Active Directory or SAML
• Understanding Splunk authorization options

Module 3 – Index Management and Data Retention

• Understand cloud indexing strategy
• Create indexes in cloud
• Manage data retention and archiving
• Monitor indexing activities

Module 4 – Cloud Ingestion – Using forwarders

• Review cloud ingestion strategies
• Understand the role of forwarders in GDI
• Configure forwarding to Splunk Cloud
• Monitoring forwarder connectivity
• Explore optional forwarder settings

Module 5 – Cloud Ingestion – Using API, HEC and Scripted Inputs

• Understand how data is ingested using API
• Describe how to use HEC for ingestion
• Know how to deploy scripted inputs

Module 6 – Cloud Ingestion – Using Apps and IDM Inputs

• Understand how inputs are managed using in apps or add-ons
• Describe how customers may use Splunk Stream app
• Deploy Cloud inputs for use on an IDM

Module 7 – Installing and Managing Apps

• Understand how apps and add-ons are vetted and installed in Cloud
• Create apps to managing and distribute configurations

Module 8 – Refine and Manipulate Inputs

• Create and define props and transforms using the UI
• Understand how to create, modify and deploy configs in Cloud
• Masking data and removing data prior to ingestion
• Dirty data and performance gains

Module 9 – Cloud Support and Troubleshooting

• Troubleshooting Splunk deployments
• Collecting data and use diagnostics or monitoring to investigate
• Explore diagnostic tools used to troubleshoot common issues
• Overview of how to submit request with the relevant data for support to troubleshoot