Splunk Tutorial: Getting Started Using Splunk

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Whether you are new to Splunk or just needing a refresh, this article can guide you to some of the best resources on the web for using Splunk. We’ve gathered, in a single place, the tutorials, guides, links and even books to help you get started with Splunk.

(Find out exactly what Splunk can do.)

Splunk Quick Reference Guide

This guide describes key concepts and features, as well as commonly used commands and functions for Splunk Cloud and Splunk Enterprise.

Splunk Cheat Sheet

This Splunk Quick Reference Guide describes key concepts and features, as well as commonly used commands and functions for Splunk Cloud and Splunk Enterprise.

Exploring Splunk: Search Processing Language (SPL) Primer and Cookbook

This book from David Carasso was written to help you rapidly understand what Splunk is and how it can help you. It focuses on the important parts of Splunk's Search Processing Language and how to accomplish common tasks.

Splunk Education, Training & Certification

The very best training, tutorials, and education about how to use Splunk products comes from the Splunk Education team. On the Splunk Education, Training, & Certification website you can sign up for free courses, learn about certifications and exams, and become a true expert at using Splunk products.

Splunk Lantern

The Splunk Lantern offers step-by-step guidance to help you achieve your goals faster using Splunk products. Written by Splunk Experts, the free content on Splunk Lantern covers everything from getting started, to migrating and upgrading, to advanced use cases.

Grey’s Academy Tutorial Series

This series of videos, hosted by Grey Dziuba, covers beginner, intermediate, and expert level Splunk topics.

Grey's Academy 101: Getting Started with Splunk

Grey's Academy 201: Diving into the Dashboard Studio

Grey's Academy 201: Observability Suite

Grey's Academy 301: Everything Retail with Splunk

Grey's Academy 301: Blockchain, DLT and Splunk

Grey's Academy 301: Intel (OpenVino)

Grey's Academy 301: Industrial Data

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