https://community.splunk.com/t5/Random/New-to-Splunk/m-p/44230#M606 <P>The online documentation is a good place to start, there is a special Tutorial section, and you can download a slightly limited version to run for free forever - i.e. lots of time to play around.</P> <P>And yes, you'll probably need to learn some regex.</P> <P>/K</P> Fri, 23 Aug 2013 07:08:25 GMT kristian_kolb 2013-08-23T07:08:25Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Random/New-to-Splunk/m-p/44228#M604 <P>Hi! I'm a mainframe pro with experience in Cobol,DB2 development and i just happened to get interested in splunk through general reading on the net. Are there any prerequisites to learning Splunk?</P> <P>Please guide me as to how i should go about picking up the new skill to be employable.</P> <P>Thanks,<BR /> Gayatri.</P> Fri, 23 Aug 2013 06:11:04 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Random/New-to-Splunk/m-p/44228#M604 gayatribala1 2013-08-23T06:11:04Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Random/New-to-Splunk/m-p/44229#M605 <P>I did a study of the following When dealing with SPLUNK.<BR /> regex, html, css, xml, json, python, CherryPy</P> <P>It is still studying.</P> <P>However, try out Splunk is easy. You can use it easy to install in their computers. Please ascertaining what he needs to, to experience.</P> Fri, 23 Aug 2013 06:42:22 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Random/New-to-Splunk/m-p/44229#M605 HiroshiSatoh 2013-08-23T06:42:22Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Random/New-to-Splunk/m-p/44230#M606 <P>The online documentation is a good place to start, there is a special Tutorial section, and you can download a slightly limited version to run for free forever - i.e. lots of time to play around.</P> <P>And yes, you'll probably need to learn some regex.</P> <P>/K</P> Fri, 23 Aug 2013 07:08:25 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Random/New-to-Splunk/m-p/44230#M606 kristian_kolb 2013-08-23T07:08:25Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Random/New-to-Splunk/m-p/44231#M607 <P>Get yourself acquainted by installing splunk first, you can get a developer trail license as well for 6 months. </P> <P>The Flow in splunk would be</P> <UL> <LI>Data Consumption through Forwarders</LI> <LI>Data Indexing By Splunk Indexers</LI> <LI>Dashboard and apps for reporting</LI> </UL> <P>Very good documentation is available at <A href="http://docs.splunk.com">http://docs.splunk.com</A> </P> Fri, 23 Aug 2013 07:14:55 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Random/New-to-Splunk/m-p/44231#M607 498773 2013-08-23T07:14:55Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Random/New-to-Splunk/m-p/44232#M608 <P>No prior study is required, in fact I recommend against it.<BR /><BR /> Download Splunk, install it, download some apps that suit the software you have on your systems.<BR /><BR /> Get some data indexed.<BR /><BR /> When you're done with that, you can start reading/researching, and the tutorial will make much more sense.<BR /><BR /> If you need licensing support, contact Splunk Support.</P> Fri, 23 Aug 2013 19:12:45 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Random/New-to-Splunk/m-p/44232#M608 lukejadamec 2013-08-23T19:12:45Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Random/New-to-Splunk/m-p/44233#M609 <UL> <LI>Get Dev License: <A href="http://dev.splunk.com/">http://dev.splunk.com/</A><BR /></LI> <LI>Docs: <A href="http://docs.splunk.com">http://docs.splunk.com</A></LI> <LI>This site (congrats as you are already here)</LI> <LI><P>The Splunk Book - Free at - <A href="http://www.splunk.com/goto/book">http://www.splunk.com/goto/book</A></P></LI> <LI><P>If you have money to spend, the Splunk Conference first week of Oct. <A href="http://conf.splunk.com">http://conf.splunk.com</A></P></LI> </UL> Fri, 23 Aug 2013 19:55:47 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Random/New-to-Splunk/m-p/44233#M609 zeroactive 2013-08-23T19:55:47Z