Splunk Enterprise Data Administration
Course Overview

The Splunk Enterprise Data Administration course is a specialized, instructor-led training program focused entirely on the data ingestion pipeline, parsing mechanics, and remote endpoint management within an on-premises Splunk Enterprise environment. Designed for data administrators, engineers, and architects, this course shifts the focus away from system infrastructure to concentrate strictly on getting machine data into Splunk cleanly and efficiently. Participants learn how to handle data inputs from diverse sources, manage the parsing process to establish proper timestamps and event boundaries, and use regular expressions to mask or filter out sensitive or unnecessary information before it consumes valuable indexing space.

A major emphasis of the curriculum is scale and remote agent configuration. Students gain hands-on experience deploying and customizing Universal Forwarders, as well as using the Splunk Deployment Server to organize remote endpoints into "server classes" for centralized configuration updates. By mastering data input methods—such as file monitors, network streams, and the HTTP Event Collector (HEC)—and understanding how to manipulate backend configuration files like props.conf and transforms.conf, participants ensure that enterprise data is properly classified and optimized for search. This course represents the second half of the core educational path required to earn the Splunk Enterprise Certified Admin credential.

Please note that classes may run across three days, consisting of 6 hour sessions each day.

Category

ID

Duration

Level

Price

Splunk

13864

3 Day(s)

Intermediate

$2,195.00

Questions?

This course is part of the following Certifications:
• Splunk Enterprise Certified Admin

To be successful, students must have completed these Splunk Education course(s) or have equivalent working knowledge:
• Intro to Splunk
• Using Fields (SUF)
• Intro to Knowledge Objects
• Creating Knowledge Objects (CKO)
• Creating Field Extractions (CFE)
• Enriching Data with Lookups (EDL)
• Data Models (SDM)
• Splunk Enterprise System Administration (SESA)

Splunk Enterprise Data Administration

Class Schedule

Live Online

Location Date Time Register
Live - Online 09/09/2026 - 09/11/2026 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM EDT Register

Course Overview

The Splunk Enterprise Data Administration course is a specialized, instructor-led training program focused entirely on the data ingestion pipeline, parsing mechanics, and remote endpoint management within an on-premises Splunk Enterprise environment. Designed for data administrators, engineers, and architects, this course shifts the focus away from system infrastructure to concentrate strictly on getting machine data into Splunk cleanly and efficiently. Participants learn how to handle data inputs from diverse sources, manage the parsing process to establish proper timestamps and event boundaries, and use regular expressions to mask or filter out sensitive or unnecessary information before it consumes valuable indexing space.

A major emphasis of the curriculum is scale and remote agent configuration. Students gain hands-on experience deploying and customizing Universal Forwarders, as well as using the Splunk Deployment Server to organize remote endpoints into "server classes" for centralized configuration updates. By mastering data input methods—such as file monitors, network streams, and the HTTP Event Collector (HEC)—and understanding how to manipulate backend configuration files like props.conf and transforms.conf, participants ensure that enterprise data is properly classified and optimized for search. This course represents the second half of the core educational path required to earn the Splunk Enterprise Certified Admin credential.

Please note that classes may run across three days, consisting of 6 hour sessions each day.

Course Objectives

In this course, you will learn to:
• Configure Universal Forwarders: Install, test, and maintain lightweight remote agents to safely pass machine data to indexers.
• Manage the Splunk Deployment Server: Create server classes, apps, and deployment bundles to centrally update thousands of forwarders.
• Deploy Diverse Ingestion Methods: Implement file monitoring, script-based data collection, raw network streams (TCP/UDP), and the HTTP Event Collector (HEC).
• Master Sourcetypes: Create and customize sourcetypes to properly classify incoming data structures and formats.
• Manage the Parsing Pipeline: Adjust configuration files to control line breaking, custom timestamp extractions, and event boundaries.• Transform and Mask Data: Build data-filtering and masking rules using regular expressions to drop junk data or hide sensitive information before indexing.
• Navigate Configuration Files: Utilize back-end files like props.conf and transforms.conf to direct ingestion behavior.
• Troubleshoot Ingestion Errors: Diagnose data delivery gaps, missing timestamps, and format mismatches using Splunk's internal logs.

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