Requirements

• Participants should have a strong foundation in IT infrastructure
• systems administration
• and cloud computing. Familiarity with Splunk fundamentals
• including data indexing
• searching
• and basic administration
• is recommended.

Description

The Splunk Enterprise Architect course is designed for advanced professionals seeking to deepen their expertise in configuring, managing, and optimizing large-scale Splunk Enterprise environments. This course is ideal for those who are responsible for designing, architecting, and overseeing Splunk implementations across enterprise infrastructures. It provides in-depth knowledge on the planning, deployment, and management of Splunk at scale, ensuring that participants gain hands-on experience with the most complex use cases.

Splunk Enterprise is an essential platform for organizations looking to analyze massive amounts of machine data in real-time. As an Enterprise Architect, it is your job to ensure that Splunk is effectively integrated into your organization’s ecosystem, scaled efficiently to handle vast amounts of data, and optimized for performance and security.

Course Overview: Splunk Enterprise is used by organizations worldwide to search, analyze, and visualize machine-generated data from a variety of sources, including web servers, applications, and network devices. This course provides the critical knowledge required to architect and optimize a Splunk Enterprise deployment for enterprise-scale environments, addressing considerations such as high availability, data indexing, clustering, and scaling across distributed environments.

By the end of this course, participants will possess the skills to implement and maintain a robust Splunk Enterprise infrastructure, ensuring that the system is optimized for performance, security, and scalability.

Key Topics Covered:

1. Introduction to Splunk Enterprise Architecture

   • Understanding the core components of Splunk Enterprise architecture.

   • Overview of distributed and clustered Splunk environments.

   • Planning for deployment across large-scale enterprise environments.

2. Designing Splunk Deployments

   • Architecture considerations for high availability and disaster recovery.

   • Data storage management for scalable and efficient environments.

   • Sizing and scaling Splunk deployments based on data volume and use cases.

   • Best practices for clustering and indexing configurations.

3. Distributed Deployment and Data Flow

   • Managing Splunk indexers, forwarders, and search heads in a distributed deployment.

   • Ensuring efficient data flow across large-scale architectures.

   • Handling data collection, parsing, and indexing for high-volume environments.

   • Implementing data retention and lifecycle management.

4. Optimizing Performance

   • Tuning Splunk performance for fast searches and reporting.

   • Managing resource usage for indexers, search heads, and forwarders.

   • Load balancing and optimizing the search process for multiple users.

   • Implementing caching and search acceleration techniques.

5. Security and Compliance in Splunk Enterprise

   • Configuring role-based access control (RBAC) and managing user authentication.

   • Ensuring security for data stored and processed within Splunk.

   • Managing compliance and data retention policies.

   • Best practices for securing distributed Splunk deployments.

6. Integration with Other Tools and Platforms

   • Integrating Splunk with third-party tools and enterprise systems.

   • Using the Splunk API to enable automation and custom integrations.

   • Connecting Splunk with external data sources (e.g., databases, cloud services).

   • Leveraging Splunk Apps and Add-ons for additional functionality.

7. Managing and Troubleshooting Splunk Deployments

   • Monitoring the health and performance of Splunk Enterprise environments.

   • Troubleshooting common issues in distributed and clustered deployments.

   • Best practices for system maintenance and upgrade strategies.

   • Using Splunk’s internal logs and metrics for troubleshooting.

8. Data Management and Scaling Strategies

   • Data indexing strategies for performance and scale.

   • Managing index replication and search head clustering for high availability.

   • Best practices for scaling Splunk infrastructure to handle large data volumes.

   • Data integrity and recovery mechanisms for enterprise environments.

9. Automation and Scaling of Splunk Operations

   • Automating repetitive tasks for administration and deployment.

   • Implementing version control and CI/CD pipelines for Splunk configurations.

   • Scaling Splunk horizontally and vertically to meet enterprise needs.

10. Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity

    • Implementing Splunk clustering for disaster recovery.

    • Creating backup and restore strategies.

    • Ensuring business continuity with minimal downtime and data loss.

Who this course is for:

• Splunk Architects
• System Administrators
• IT Infrastructure Engineers