What this book covers

Chapter 1, Splunk in Action, introduces you to Splunk Enterprise Software and its powerful capabilities.

Chapter 2, Bringing in Data, explains indexing and searching in Splunk, and introduces other data concepts that are important to understand.

Chapter 3, Search Processing Language, develops your skills in using Search Processing Language (SPL).

Chapter 4, Data Models and Pivot, shows you how to create a data model as well as a pivot table using Splunk.

Chapter 5, Data Optimization, Reports, Alerts, and Accelerating Searches, explores how to use data optimization and search acceleration with Splunk, and how to create effective reports and alerts.

Chapter 6, Panes of Glass, takes you step-by-step through the development of dashboard.

Chapter 7, Splunk SDK for JavaScript and D3.js, instructs you on how to use a Splunk SDK and D3 to create effective and attractive website visualizations.

Chapter 8, HTTP Event Collector, introduces how to use Splunk to monitor HTTP events.

Chapter 9, Best Practices and Advanced Queries, overviews various best practices for using Splunk and gives details on advanced queries that can be used to take advantage of Splunk’s many rich capabilities.