https://community.splunk.com/t5/Training-Certification/who-should-learn-splunk/m-p/153250#M940 <P>It's always good to learn something new, there are no pre-requisites as such.</P> <P>...usually people learn to use Splunk when they want to churn through machine data.</P> Mon, 17 Feb 2014 17:18:51 GMT martin_mueller 2014-02-17T17:18:51Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Training-Certification/who-should-learn-splunk/m-p/153249#M939 <P>I am a php programmer is it good to learn splunk?<BR /> what are the pre-requisites to learn splunk?</P> Mon, 17 Feb 2014 17:06:18 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Training-Certification/who-should-learn-splunk/m-p/153249#M939 dararamu 2014-02-17T17:06:18Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Training-Certification/who-should-learn-splunk/m-p/153250#M940 <P>It's always good to learn something new, there are no pre-requisites as such.</P> <P>...usually people learn to use Splunk when they want to churn through machine data.</P> Mon, 17 Feb 2014 17:18:51 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Training-Certification/who-should-learn-splunk/m-p/153250#M940 martin_mueller 2014-02-17T17:18:51Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Training-Certification/who-should-learn-splunk/m-p/153251#M941 <P>For a php programmer, you could use splunk for :</P> <UL> <LI>monitor and look for error patterns in the logs of your applications</LI> <LI>generate stats on your website usage</LI> <LI>generate stats on the usage of your php program (for optimization)</LI> </UL> <P>The prerequisite to start are common :</P> <UL> <LI>some computer science to install and configure, know where to find the log files</LI> <LI>math degree to dive into statistical analytics</LI> <LI>reading degree, the docs are very complete <A href="http://docs.splunk.com">http://docs.splunk.com</A></LI> <LI>curiosity to play with the search language.</LI> </UL> Mon, 17 Feb 2014 17:30:00 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Training-Certification/who-should-learn-splunk/m-p/153251#M941 yannK 2014-02-17T17:30:00Z