Whether you are new to Splunk or just needing a refresh, this article can guide you to some of the best resources on the web for using Splunk. We’ve gathered, in a single place, the tutorials, guides, links and even books to help you get started with Splunk.

Splunk Education Video Tutorials

The videos featured in this section are developed by the Splunk Education team. These videos give a quick tutorial on how to get started using Splunk products quickly.

(Learn how to set up your own data pipeline.)

Splunk Cloud Tutorial

This video featuring Chris Visaya demonstrates how to set up a Splunk Cloud trial and get data in to Splunk Cloud using a Universal Forwarder.

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Getting Data In to Splunk Enterprise on Linux

In this video, the Splunk Education team shows how to get Linux data into Splunk Enterprise. Watch thousands of events index and become searchable in a matter of seconds.

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Basic Search in Splunk Enterprise

In this video, the Splunk Education team teaches the basics of searching in Splunk. Use keywords, fields, and booleans to quickly gain insights into your data.

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Create a Dashboard in Splunk Enterprise

This demonstration shows how to quickly create a dashboard with multiple panels in Splunk Enterprise. (If undergraduate students at Cal Poly can do it after only two weeks of training, so can you!)

Grey’s Academy Tutorial Series

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PDF Tutorials, Links, & Cheatsheets

Splunk Quick Reference Guide

This guide describes key concepts and features, as well as commonly used commands and functions for Splunk Cloud and Splunk Enterprise.

Splunk Cheat Sheet

This Splunk Quick Reference Guide describes key concepts and features, as well as commonly used commands and functions for Splunk Cloud and Splunk Enterprise.