Validating User Access and Role Permissions in Splunk

Validating User Access and Role Permissions in Splunk

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Workshop - Splunk Administrator

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Section 0 - Welcome & Orientation

  • About O-Line Security
  • Your Instructor

Section 1 - Foundations

  • Expectations & Objectives
  • What is a Splunk Administrator?

Section 2 - Environment Setup

  • Why AWS EC2 Infrastructure?
  • Understanding AWS Costs for Splunk Labs: Instances, Storage, and Optimization
  • Creating an EC2 Instance for Splunk Deployment
  • Install Splunk Enterprise
  • Configure Splunk Enterprise
  • EC2 Instance Lifecycle and IP Changes: What to Know Before You Stop or Start
  • Final Environment Validation and Readiness Check
  • Lab

Section 3 - Introduction to Splunk Configuration Files

  • Foundations and Structure
  • Splunk Directory Structure
  • UI vs Backend Configuration Mapping
  • Precedence, Layering, and Troubleshooting
  • Configuration Precedence with BTOOL
  • Lab

Section 4 - Splunk Components

  • Instance Types
  • Identifying Instance Types

Section 5 - From UI to Configuration Files

  • Navigating Splunk Web as an Administrator
  • UI Changes to .conf Files

Section 6 - Splunk Administration: Users, Roles, and Access Control

  • Creating Users in Splunk
  • Creating Users in Splunk Web
  • Managing Users via CLI (Command Line Interface)
  • Validating User Access and Role Permissions in Splunk
  • Lab
  • Creating Roles in Splunk
  • Configuring Role Permissions in Splunk
  • Configuring Role Capabilities in Splunk
  • Configuring Role Settings
  • Defining Role Restrictions in Splunk
  • Implementing Roles Through Configuration Files
  • Authentication.conf and Authorize.conf

Section 7 - Splunk Platform Management

  • Index Configuration and Management
  • Creating Indexes via Splunk Web
  • Creating Indexes via CLI
  • Lab
  • Bucket Lifecycle in Splunk
  • Hot to Frozen Explained
  • Understanding Bucket Lifecycle in Splunk
  • Configuring Bucket Rolling in Splunk
  • Data Lifecycle
  • Data Ingestion in Splunk
  • Ingesting Data Using the Splunk CLI
  • Validating Ingested Data in Splunk
  • Lab
  • Auth Logs
  • Web Logs

Section 8 - Splunk Configuration Files and Management

  • Mapping Splunk Behavior to Configuration Files
  • inputs.conf
  • indexes.conf
  • server.conf
  • props.conf
  • transforms.conf
  • deploymentclient.conf
  • serverclass.conf
  • outputs.conf
  • authentication.conf & authorize.conf
  • How Splunk Configuration Files Work Together

Section 9 - Splunk Maintenance and Operations

  • Maintaining the Splunk Environment
  • Splunk Backup Strategies and Best Practices
  • Permission Management in Splunk
  • Analyzing Index Data with dbinspect
  • Monitoring Splunk with the Monitoring Console
  • Maintenance in Action
  • Gaining Insight and Visibility
  • Enhancing Visibility with Splunk Dashboards
  • Building Alerts for Monitoring and Response

Section 10 - Capstone Project

  • Capstone Overview
  • Capstone Project Review
  • Project Data Logs

Section 11 - Career Development Pack

  • Career Development
  • Resume Builder
  • Interview Q&A
  • LinkedIn

Section 12 - Next Steps

  • One Final Thought