Observability

SPLK-IMSOC : Ingesting Application Metrics in Splunk Observability Cloud

Course Duration

1 Day

Delivery

ILT VILT

Overview

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This 1-day (4.5 hour) virtual course, targeted towards developers, focuses on creating custom metrics to monitor your applications/services with Splunk Observability Cloud. Learn to instrument applications/services to send in custom metrics that characterize the application of service. Define relevant metadata for your metrics to let you find, filter and aggregate the metrics that you want to chart or alert on. Use instrumentation libraries from client languages(Python) to send data using Open Telemetry. Create charts and custom dashboards to visualize these custom metrics. Create detectors to monitor the metrics to alert when there are any issues with the application or service. This course assumes that you have completed the Fundamentals of Metrics Monitoring in Splunk Observability Cloud course.

What You'll Learn

Send application metrics into Splunk Observability Cloud
Manage metrics metadata
Send custom events to Splunk Observability Cloud
Use ingested datapoints in Splunk Observability Cloud

Who Should Attend

Splunk Administrator
Developer
User
Knowledge Manager
Architect

Prerequisites

Required

Fundamentals of Metrics Monitoring in Splunk Observability
Ability to use the command line or terminal
Familiarity with using REST APIs and ability to use cURL

Recommended, but not required

Fundamentals of Metrics Monitoring in Splunk Observability
Experience programming in Python

Learning Journey

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Module 1 –Setting the Foundation

Identify components of the Splunk Observability Cloud data model
Discuss the use case for sending in application metrics
Identify use of org tokens

Module 2 – Ingesting Application Metrics

Send datapoints using the REST API
Send metrics from your application using instrumentation libraries for Open Telemetry
Use the backfill API

Module 3 – Managing Metadata

Use the API to query for metrics, dimensions, properties and tags
Add and modify properties and tags on dimensions

Module 4 –Sending Custom Events

Use the event object model
Distinguish between events and event Types
Send custom events to Splunk Observability Cloud
View events on dashboards

Module 5 – Using Your Metrics in Charts, Dashboards, and Detectors Exercise

Visualize and alert on application metrics
Create Dashboards and Dashboard Groups
Create charts to visualize metric datapoints
Create detectors to monitor a stream of metric datapoints

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

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Splunk certifications validate your expertise in data analytics and your proficiency in using the Splunk platform.
These certifications demonstrate your ability to leverage Splunk's powerful tools for data collection, analysis, and visualization, making you a valuable asset to organizations seeking to gain actionable insights from their data.
Splunk-certified professionals are in high demand across various industries, including IT, security, and business analytics.
What to expect for the examination?

Splunk offers a variety of certification exams at different levels, covering various domains and products within the Splunk platform.
Exams typically consist of multiple-choice and scenario-based questions that assess your knowledge and skills in using Splunk to solve real-world problems.
Note: Certification requirements and policies may be updated by Splunk from time to time. We apologize for any discrepancies; do get in touch with us if you have any questions.
How long is Splunk certification valid for?

All Splunk certifications are valid for three years from the date of passing the highest-level certification exam.
To maintain your certification, you will need to recertify before it expires. You have three options for recertification:
- Pursue a higher-level certification (including any required prerequisite courses), in which case your lower-level certifications would also be renewed on the date of passing the next-level certification exam.
- Retake a certification exam within the final year of their recertification window to renew their certifications at that level (and any applicable downstream certifications).
- Complete continuing education courses at any point in the three year recertification window beginning the date of badge issuance.
Note: Certification requirements and policies may be updated by Splunk from time to time. We apologize for any discrepancies; do get in touch with us if you have any questions.
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