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2 .Name the common port numbers used by Splunk
The common port numbers for Splunk are:
- Splunk Web Port: 8000
- Splunk Management Port: 8089
- Splunk Network port: 514
- Splunk Index Replication Port: 8080
- Splunk Indexing Port: 9997
- KV store: 8191
3. Name the types of search modes supported in Splunk
Splunk supports three types of dashboards, namely:
- Fast mode
- Smart mode
- Verbose mode
4. What are the different types of Splunk dashboards?
There are three different kinds of Splunk dashboards:
- Real-time dashboards
- Dynamic form-based dashboards
- Dashboards for scheduled reports
5. What are the Splunk other products
Splunk is available in three different versions.
- Splunk Enterprise
- Splunk Light
- Splunk Cloud
6. What do you mean by Splunk indexer?
It is a component of Splunk Enterprise which creates and manages indexes. The primary functions of an indexer are 1) Indexing raw data into an index and 2) Search and manage Indexed data.
7. What is the purpose of Splunk DB Connect?
Splunk DB Connect is a generic SQL database plugin designed for Splunk. It enables users to integrate database information with Splunk queries and reports seamlessly.
8. Name a few important Splunk search commands
Some of the important search commands in Splunk are:
- Abstract
- Erex
- Addtotals
- Accum
- Filldown
- Typer
- Rename
- Anomalies
9. What are the pros of getting data into a Splunk instance using forwarders?
The advantages of getting data into Splunk via forwarders are TCP connection, bandwidth throttling, and secure SSL connection for transferring crucial data from a forwarder to an indexer.
10. What is lookup command in Splunk ?
Lookup commands are used when you want to receive some fields from an external file (such as CSV file or any python based script) to get some value of an event. It is used to narrow the search results as it helps to reference fields in an external CSV file that match fields in your event data
11. What are the different types of Data Inputs in Splunk ?
Different types of Data Inputs in Splunk are
- Using files and directories as input.
- To get the data push automatically in splunk is by Configuring Network ports.
12. Name some important configuration files of Splunk
Commonly used Splunk configuration files are:
- Inputs file
- Transforms file
- Server file
- Indexes file
- Props file
13. What is the use of Splunk alert?
Alerts can be used when you have to monitor for and respond to specific events. For example, sending an email notification to the user when there are more than three failed login attempts in a 24-hour period.
14. In What way we can extract fields from an event?
It can be extracted either from the below options
- Event Lists
- Sidebar
- From Settings menu via GUI
- Creating regular expressions in props.conf configuration file
15. How Splunk avoids duplicate log indexing?
Splunk allows you to keeps track of indexed events in a fish buckets directory. It contains CRCs and seeks pointers for the files you are indexing, so Splunk can’t if it has read them already.
16. Where splunk default configuration does is stored?
$splunkhome/etc/system/default
17. What is the function of Alert Manager?
The alert manager adds workflow to Splunk. The purpose of alert manager o provides a common app with dashboards to search for alerts or events.
18. What do you mean by summary index?
A summary index is a special index that stores that result calculated by Splunk. It is a fast and cheap way to run a query over a longer period of time.
19. Define Splunk buckets
It is the directory used by Splunk enterprise to store data and indexed files into the data. These index files contain various buckets managed by the age of the data.
20. What is the difference between Splunk App and Add-on?
Splunk App is the collection of reports, dashboard, alerts, field extractions and lookups whereas Splunk Add-ons are same but they don’t have the visual components of a report or a dashboard.
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