Detailed Course Outline
Module 1 – Overview of Large-scale Splunk Deployment
- Identify factors that affect large-scale deployment design
- Describe approaches to scaling Splunk Enterprise
- Configure Splunk License Manager
Module 2 – Deploying Single-site Indexer Clusters
- Identify indexer cluster states
- Define replication factor and search factor
- Implement a single-site indexer cluster
Module 3 – Deploying Multisite Indexer Clusters
- Define site replication factor and site search factor
- Define search affinity
- Implement a multisite indexer cluster
Module 4 – Updating Indexer Cluster Peer Configurations
- Distribute configurations and apps across peers
Module 5 - Managing and Monitoring Indexer Clusters
- Enable replication for clustered indexes
- Configure Monitoring Console for indexer cluster environment
Module 6 – Configuring Indexer Discovery on Forwarders
- Configure indexer discovery
- Configure indexer acknowledgment
- Configure forwarder site failover
Module 7 – Deploying Search Head Cluster
- Configure a search head cluster
- Connect clustered and non-clustered indexers
Module 8 – Managing and Monitoring Search Head Clusters
- Deploy configuration bundles to search head cluster members
- Manage captaincy and member addition, removal and upgrades
Module 9 – Using KV Store in a Search Head Cluster
- Enable KV Store collection replication in a search head cluster
- Monitor KV Store status with Monitoring Console