Copyright © 2015 Splunk Inc.
Splunk at the Emirates
Travel Hackathon
Hal Rottenberg, Developer Evangelist
Splunk is…
● An engine for machine data
– collect
– index
– query
– report
● ANY DATA!
Splunk Enterprise 6.3
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Indexes Any Data from Any Source
AlertsWire Data Metrics ChangesScriptsConfiguration
s
Log Files
DatabasesNetworks Servers
Virtual
Machines
Smartphones
and Devices
Custom
Applications
Security
Tickets
Web
Server
Sensors
What is Machine Data?
● Any text-based data
● Unstructured / Polystructured
● Examples
– Log files
– Metrics
– CSV
– JSON
– Totally arbitrary shit
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Why use Splunk Today?
● Easy to install, web-based analytics platform
● Splunk can be your back-end, front-end, middleware
● Advanced query language: stats, analytics, reporting
● REST API, SDKs for Java, Javascript, Python, Ruby, C#
● Rich web platform capabilities
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Resources
● Docs and more:
https://splunk.box.com/emirates-hackathon
● Twitter: @halr9000
● These slides: http://slideshare.net/halr9000
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Demo

Splunk Quick Overview for Emirates Travel Hackathon

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    Copyright © 2015Splunk Inc. Splunk at the Emirates Travel Hackathon Hal Rottenberg, Developer Evangelist
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    Splunk is… ● Anengine for machine data – collect – index – query – report ● ANY DATA!
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    Splunk Enterprise 6.3 3 IndexesAny Data from Any Source AlertsWire Data Metrics ChangesScriptsConfiguration s Log Files DatabasesNetworks Servers Virtual Machines Smartphones and Devices Custom Applications Security Tickets Web Server Sensors
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    What is MachineData? ● Any text-based data ● Unstructured / Polystructured ● Examples – Log files – Metrics – CSV – JSON – Totally arbitrary shit 4
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    Why use SplunkToday? ● Easy to install, web-based analytics platform ● Splunk can be your back-end, front-end, middleware ● Advanced query language: stats, analytics, reporting ● REST API, SDKs for Java, Javascript, Python, Ruby, C# ● Rich web platform capabilities 5
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    Resources ● Docs andmore: https://splunk.box.com/emirates-hackathon ● Twitter: @halr9000 ● These slides: http://slideshare.net/halr9000 6
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Editor's Notes

  • #4 Splunk is the leading platform for machine data analytics with over 5,600 organizations using Splunk (as of 8/1/13) – for data volumes ranging from tens of GBs to tens of TBs to over 100 TBs of data PER DAY. Splunk software reliably collects and indexes all the streaming data from IT systems, technology devices and the Internet of Things in real-time - tens of thousands of sources in unpredictable formats and types. Splunk software is optimized for real-time, low latency and interactivity. Organizations use Splunk software and their data the following ways: 1. Find and fix problems dramatically faster 2. Automatically monitor to identify issues, problems and attacks 3. Gain end-to-end visibility to track and deliver on IT KPIs and make better-informed IT decisions 4. Gain real-time insight from operational data to make better-informed business decisions This is described as Operational Intelligence: visibility, insights and intelligence from operational data.