Splunk System Admin Flashcards
Do Splunk “Data” Admins or Splunk “System” Admins install, manage, and configure Splunk components?
System Admins
Do Splunk “Data” Admins or Splunk “System” Admins works with users requesting new data sources?
Data Admins
Input, parse, index, search are the four ____ of Splunk
stages
All functions are in a single Splunk instance in this type of deployment:
a. distributed
b. basic
c. standalone
c. standalone
This type of Splunk deployment is usually used for testing, proof of concept, personal use, and learning:
a. distributed
b. basic
c. standalone
c. standalone
This type of Splunk deployment is similar to the standalone configuration, but manages the deployment of forwarder configurations.
a. distributed
b. basic
c. standalone
b. basic
With this type of Splunk deployment, indexers are added to handle more inputs and searching. Search heads are also added to handle more searching.
a. distributed
b. basic
c. standalone
a. distributed
With this type of Splunk deployment, forwarder configurations with are managed with a dedicated deployment server.
a. distributed
b. basic
c. standalone
a. distributed
This Splunk component allows users to submit search requests using SPL, distributes search requests to indexers, consolidates results and renders visualizations of results, and stores search-time knowledge objects (such as field extractions, alerts, and dashboards).
a. forwarders
b. indexers
c. search heads
d. deployment server
c. search heads
This Splunk component receives incoming data from forwarders, indexes and stores data in Splunk indexes, and searches data in response to requests from search heads.
a. forwarders
b. indexers
c. search heads
d. deployment server
b. indexers
Which Splunk component is responsible for parsing data into events?
a. forwarders
b. indexers
c. search heads
d. deployment server
b. indexers
This Splunk component is responsible for monitoring configured inputs and forwarding the data to the indexers, requires minimal resources, and is typically installed on the machines that produce data.
a. forwarders
b. indexers
c. search heads
d. deployment server
a. forwarders
Are forwarders responsible for searching, indexing/parsing, input, or management?
input
Which Splunk component is responsible for managing the deployment clients in a Splunk Enterprise?
a. forwarders
b. indexers
c. search heads
d. deployment server
d. deployment server
This Splunk component acts as a centralized configuration manager for any number of deployment clients and requires running on a Splunk Enterprise license.
a. forwarders
b. indexers
c. search heads
d. deployment server
d. deployment server
What are the default network ports for both the Splunk Enterprise and universal forwarders?
a. 8191
b. 8000
c. 8089
d. 8065
c. 8089
What is the default Splunk Enterprise network port for Splunk Web?
a. 8191
b. 8000
c. 8089
d. 8065
b. 8000
What is the default Splunk Enterprise network port for the Web app-server proxy?
a. 8191
b. 8000
c. 8089
d. 8065
d. 8065
What is the default Splunk Enterprise network port for KV Store?
a. 8191
b. 8000
c. 8089
d. 8065
a. 8191
True or False. Splunk Web, Web app-server proxy, and KV Store do not have default network ports for universal forwarders.
True
True or False. S2S receiving port(s), network/http input(s), index replication port(s), and search replication port(s) have default network ports.
False
NTP or ____ ___ ___ ensures that there is a standardized time configuration on Splunk servers. This is important because clock skew between hosts can affect the timestamp of events, and search results.
Network Time Protocol
The ____ process spawns and controls Splunk child processes such as web proxy, KV store, and introspection services. It also accesses, processes, and indexes incoming data, and handles all search requests and returns results.
splunkd
Splunk web ____ settings are used to set server configuration and server options.
server