Here are 100 chapter titles for a Splunk book focusing on operating systems, progressing from beginner to advanced:
Part 1: Splunk Fundamentals & OS Basics (20 Chapters)
- Introduction to Splunk: Your OS Data's New Home
- Understanding Operating System Logs
- Installing Splunk: Setting the Stage for OS Insights
- Splunk Web Interface: Navigating Your OS Data
- Basic Splunk Search: Finding Your Way Around
- Searching OS Logs: Your First Splunk Queries
- Filtering and Sorting OS Data: Refining Your Search
- Time-Based Searches: Exploring OS Events Over Time
- Understanding Common OS Log Formats
- Working with Windows Event Logs in Splunk
- Analyzing Linux Syslog with Splunk
- Introduction to Splunk Indexes: Organizing OS Data
- Forwarders: Getting OS Data into Splunk
- Universal Forwarder: Lightweight OS Data Collection
- Configuring Forwarders for OS Logs
- Splunk Apps: Extending Functionality for OS Monitoring
- Installing OS-Specific Splunk Apps
- Basic Dashboards: Visualizing OS Performance
- Creating Simple OS Monitoring Dashboards
- Alerts: Notifying You of Critical OS Events
Part 2: Intermediate Splunk & OS Analysis (25 Chapters)
- Advanced Splunk Search Operators: Mastering OS Data
- Regular Expressions for OS Log Analysis
- Field Extractions: Making Sense of Unstructured OS Data
- Using
eval for Calculating OS Metrics
stats Command: Aggregating OS Datatimechart: Visualizing OS Trends Over Time- Analyzing OS Performance with Splunk
- Monitoring CPU Usage with Splunk
- Tracking Memory Consumption with Splunk
- Disk I/O Analysis: Identifying Bottlenecks
- Network Monitoring with Splunk: TCP/IP Insights
- Identifying Security Threats in OS Logs
- User Activity Monitoring: Tracking User Behavior
- File Integrity Monitoring: Detecting Changes
- Windows Performance Monitoring with Splunk
- Linux Performance Monitoring with Splunk
- Troubleshooting OS Issues with Splunk
- Correlation Searches: Connecting Related OS Events
- Creating Advanced Dashboards for OS Monitoring
- Using Splunk's Reporting Features for OS Data
- Scheduling Reports: Automating OS Insights
- Understanding Splunk's Data Model: CIM for OS
- Mapping OS Data to the CIM
- Building Knowledge Objects for OS Analysis
- Using Lookups for Enriching OS Data
Part 3: Advanced Splunk & OS Deep Dives (30 Chapters)
- Splunk Search Processing Language (SPL) Deep Dive
- Optimizing Splunk Searches for OS Data
- Advanced Field Extractions: Regex Mastery
- Working with Subsearches for Complex OS Analysis
- Using Macros for Reusable OS Searches
- Creating Custom Splunk Apps for OS Monitoring
- Developing OS-Specific Splunk Dashboards
- Advanced Alerting: Thresholds and Notifications
- Integrating Splunk with other OS Monitoring Tools
- Splunk REST API: Programmatic Access to OS Data
- Automating OS Tasks with Splunk
- Splunk SDKs: Building Custom OS Integrations
- Distributed Search: Scaling Splunk for Large OS Environments
- Index Management: Optimizing OS Data Storage
- Data Retention Policies: Managing OS Log Data
- Splunk Security Hardening: Protecting Your OS Insights
- Authentication and Authorization in Splunk
- Role-Based Access Control for OS Data
- Troubleshooting Splunk: Common Issues and Solutions
- Performance Tuning Splunk for OS Data
- Capacity Planning for Splunk in OS Environments
- Splunk Deployment Best Practices for OS Monitoring
- Monitoring Splunk's Performance: Keeping an Eye on Your OS Watchdog
- Using Splunk for IT Operations Analytics (ITOA) for OS
- Machine Learning with Splunk for OS Anomaly Detection
- Predictive Analytics for OS Performance
- Using Splunk for Capacity Planning in OS Environments
- Integrating Splunk with Configuration Management Tools
- Monitoring Virtualized OS Environments with Splunk
- Container Monitoring with Splunk: Docker and Kubernetes
- Cloud OS Monitoring with Splunk
- Serverless OS Monitoring with Splunk
- Splunk for Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) for OS
- Compliance Reporting with Splunk for OS Data
- Building a Splunk Center of Excellence for OS Monitoring
Part 4: Splunk Internals & OS Expert Topics (25 Chapters)
- Splunk Architecture Deep Dive: Understanding the Components
- Indexing Internals: How Splunk Stores OS Data
- Search Processing: How Splunk Finds Your OS Data
- Forwarder Management: Advanced Configuration
- Clustering and Distributed Search: Scaling Splunk
- Search Head Pooling: Optimizing Search Performance
- Knowledge Object Management: Best Practices
- Data Modeling: Designing CIM-Compliant OS Data
- Splunk App Development: Advanced Techniques
- Custom Visualization Development for OS Data
- Performance Troubleshooting: Deep Dive
- Splunk API Mastery: Advanced Integrations
- Security Best Practices for Splunk Deployments
- Disaster Recovery Planning for Splunk in OS Environments
- Splunk Upgrade Best Practices
- Advanced Splunk Administration
- Integrating Splunk with Cloud Platforms for OS Monitoring
- Automating Splunk Deployments with Configuration Management
- Splunk Certification: Preparing for the Exam
- Splunk Best Practices for OS Monitoring: A Comprehensive Guide