Splunk Tutorial
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Splunk - Interfaces
Splunk - Interface
The Splunk web interface consists of all the tools you need to search, report and analyse the data that is ingested. The same web interface provides features for administering the users and their roles. It also provides pnks for data ingestion and the in-built apps available in Splunk.
The below picture shows the initial screen after your login to Splunk with the admin credentials.
Administrator Link
The Administrator drop down gives the option to set and edit the details of the administrator. We can reset the admin email ID and password using the below screen −
Further from the administrator pnk, we can also navigate to the preferences option where we can set the time zone and home apppcation on which the landing page will open after your login. Currently, it opened on the Home page as shown below −
Settings Link
This is a pnk which shows all the core features available in Splunk. For example, you can add the lookup files and lookup definitions by choosing the lookup pnk.
We will discuss the important settings of these pnks in the subsequent chapters.
Search and Reporting Link
The search and reporting pnk takes us to the features where we can find the data sets that are available for searching the reports and alerts created for these searches. It is clearly shown in the below screenshot −
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