Splunk Zero to Hero
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Splunk Zero to Hero is a comprehensive, beginner-friendly course designed to take you from absolute fundamentals to a confident, skilled Splunk practitioner. Whether you're new to Splunk or looking to solidify your understanding, this course provides a clear, hands-on pathway to mastering search, visualization, data ingestion, and essential administrative tasks.
Through interactive lessons and real-world examples, you’ll learn how to navigate Splunk’s interface, write efficient searches using SPL, build dashboards, analyze logs, and work with common Splunk components. By the end, you will have the practical skills needed to contribute immediately in IT operations, security, DevOps, or data analytics roles.
 
What You’ll Learn
Splunk architecture fundamentals and key components
Searching with SPL: commands, filtering, fields, and data enrichment
Creating dashboards, reports, and visualizations
Working with knowledge objects: event types, tags, lookups, and alerts
Data ingestion basics, including forwarders and inputs
Practical problem-solving workflows for IT and security teams
Best practices for efficient searching and environment navigation
 
Who This Course Is For
Complete beginners to Splunk
IT and security professionals building operational analytics skills
DevOps engineers working with logs and observability tools
Data analysts seeking insight from machine data
Anyone preparing for more advanced Splunk training or certifications
 
Course Outcomes
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
Navigate Splunk confidently and perform effective SPL searches
Build dashboards and visualizations for operational visibility
Work with knowledge objects to enrich and categorize data
Ingest and analyze logs from various systems and sources
Apply Splunk to real-world troubleshooting and monitoring tasks