Are there any Splunk training materials for new users?

[skoelpin]

I've been tasked with creating training sessions for new Splunk users in our organization. The training will need to include recorded classes that will be hosted on our SharePoint site. I will also need to produce slides and real life exercises with solutions along with cheatsheets of the commands. I have until 11/15 to make this happen..

Obviously this is a pretty time consuming thing to do and would rather use something that's established as a framework and build something around that rather than developing something from scratch. So my question is, does anyone know of anything I described which can help me meet my deadline?

[woodcock · Accepted solution]

Here is a checklist:

1: Download the slide deck bundle from .conf 2015 (& 2016 when it is out). It is GREAT stuff and totally free:
http://conf.splunk.com/content/dam/splunk-conf/speakers/conf2015-all-slides.zip
2: Send a request through http://splunk402.com/chat to join the Splunk user groups Slack chat. Join these channels:
#n00bs
#general
3: Find and join a local Splunk User Group. Start coming to the monthly meetings; they are great for learning and networking:
https://usergroups.splunk.com/
4: Take the free training (i.e. Fundamentals 1) from the training poral here:
https://inter.viewcentral.com/events/cust/current_profile.aspx?cid=splunk&pid=1
5: If you are buying anything from Splunk ask your account rep to throw in training credits and .conf passes.
6: Download and install the free "Splunk Enterprise" product on your computer:
https://www.Splunk.com/en_us/download/splunk-enterprise.html
7: Sign up for a free cloud sandbox. Each sandbox expires after 15 days but you can just click a link to regenerate a fresh one:
http://Splunk.force.com/SplunkCloud?prdType=SplunkCloud
8: For a broader perspective on Big Data and the ecosystem surrounding it (including Splunk, Hadoop and many others), you can take this free Coursera course:
https://www.coursera.org/specializations/bigdata
9: Extra text content is available on Splunk Blogs:
http://blogs.Splunk.com/
10: You are already in answers but there is a "Best of Answers" blog called "Smart AnSwerS" that is GREAT:
http://blogs.splunk.com/2014/11/24/smart-answers/
11: Extra video content is available on Splunk's Official Company and SplunkTalk YouTube channels, too.
https://www.youtube.com/user/splunkvideos
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3wSVdxaLnELiinVnBgxpHw

[derkkila]

I didn't know there was a Slack channel for Splunk users, awesome recommendation and great answers!

[skoelpin]

Thanks @woodcock, lots of good stuff in here!

[dbcase]

This book - thumbs up

https://smile.amazon.com/Splunk-Operational-Intelligence-Cookbook-Second/dp/1785284991/ref=sr_1_1?ie...

[somesoni2]

See if these help you get started

Splunk Tutorial (free e-learning) - http://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAAH9U
Splunk Tutorial (documentation with dowloadable sample data and full description) - https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/SearchTutorial/WelcometotheSearchTutorial
SPlunk Education Videos - http://www.splunk.com/view/education-videos/SP-CAAAGB6

[skoelpin]

This is gold, thanks @somesoni2!

[cbreshears_splu]

You can also find many free how-to videos at:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjwOFZzLPnji1EstaVyyvAw

[ppablo]

Here's the link to the Splunk Quick Reference Guide:
https://www.splunk.com/content/dam/splunk2/pdfs/solution-guides/splunk-quick-reference-guide.pdf