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Streamline Data Ingestion With Deployment Server Essentials

WhitneySink
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

Every day the list of sources Admins are responsible for gets bigger and bigger, often making the task of creating data ingestion plans seem daunting. But with proper implementation of the Splunk Deployment Server, it doesn’t have to be!

Join this Tech Talk to learn the essential knowledge required for ingesting and managing any variety of data sources in Splunk, regardless of its origin or scale. Consider this your “Deployment Server: 101” essentials crash-course.

Plan to leave this session with fundamental knowledge that arms you with everything you need to become a Splunk Deployment Server Guru.

Key Takeaways:
  • Splunk Deployment Server Setup
  • Foundations of API/HEC, Forwarder, and TCP/UDP Based ingestion
  • Creating and Managing Deployment Server Classes
  • Developing A Scalable and Flexible Data Ingestion Plan

Full Tech Talk here:

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