Working with Metrics in Splunk 8.1
Upcoming Classes
Online
Instructor-led online training
Location | Mar 2021 | Apr 2021 | May 2021 | Jun 2021 | Jul 2021 | Aug 2021 | Sep 2021 |
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AMER Eastern Time - Virtual |
Mar 11 – Mar 12 |
Apr 19 – Apr 20 |
May 27 – May 28 | ||||
EMEA UK Time - Virtual |
Mar 22 – Mar 23 |
Jun 21 – Jun 22 | |||||
AMER Pacific Time - Virtual |
Mar 29 – Mar 30 | ||||||
APAC Singapore - Virtual |
Apr 12 – Apr 13 |
Jul 12 – Jul 13 |
Australia
Location | Mar 2021 | Apr 2021 | May 2021 | Jun 2021 | Jul 2021 | Aug 2021 | Sep 2021 |
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Ingeniq - Online |
Mar 25 – Mar 26 |
Jun 10 – Jun 11 |
Aug 23 – Aug 24 |
Summary
This nine hour course provides Splunk users in-depth information about metrics, ingesting and searching metrics data, and how to use the Analytics Workspace to analyze and create visualizations.
Description
- Metrics Overview
- Metrics Terminology
- Onboard Metrics Data
- Metrics Indexing
- Protocols to Ingest Metrics Data
- Metrics SPL Commands
- Performing Log to Metrics Conversion
- Using the Analytics Workspace
- Metrics Best Practices
Objectives
Module 1 – Metrics Overview
- Understand the differences between metrics and events
- Describe metrics and metrics terminology
- Identify the storage and performance benefits of metrics
- Review use cases for searching metrics data
- Describe metrics dimensions and time series
Module 2 – Indexing and Searching Metrics
- Describe metrics indexing
- Create metrics indexes
- Onboard metrics data
- Use the mcatalog, msearch, and mstats commands
Module 3 – Bringing Metrics Into Splunk: Metrics-Formatted Data
- Review metrics source types and supported protocols
- Use collectd to ingest metrics data
- Use StatsD to ingest metrics data
- Verify onboarding of metrics
Module 4 – Bringing Metrics Into Splunk: Converting Logs to Metrics
- Describe the log-to-metrics process
- Use mcollect and meventcollect to convert logs to metrics at search time
- Use Splunk Web to convert logs to metrics at ingent time
- Use config files to convert logs to metrics at ingest time
Module 5 – Managing Metrics Indexes and Metrics Rollups
- Manage metrics indexes
- Understand metrics rollups
- Configure rollup policies
Module 6 – Analytics Workspace and SAI
- Use the Analytics Workspace to analyze and visualize metrics data
- Describe the Splunk App for Infrastructure (SAI)
Module 7 – Best Practices and Performance Tuning
- Describe metrics best practices
- Tune the performance of metrics processing