Splunk is probably the single most powerful tool for searching and exploring data you will ever encounter. Exploring Splunk provides an introduction to Splunk -- a basic understanding of Splunk's most important parts, combined with solutions to real-world problems.

Part I: Exploring Splunk

• Chapter 1 tells you what Splunk is and how it can help you.
• Chapter 2 discusses how to download Splunk and get started.
• Chapter 3 discusses the search user interface and searching with Splunk.
• Chapter 4 covers the most commonly used search commands.
• Chapter 5 explains how to visualize and enrich your data with knowledge.

Part II: Solution Recipes

• Chapter 6 covers the most common monitoring and alerting solutions.
• Chapter 7 covers the most common transaction solutions.
• Chapter 8 covers the most common lookup table solutions.