Splunk Series: Feeding Data to Splunk
How Splunk ingests data — input, parsing, and indexing phases — plus supported sources: files, network data, scripts, Windows logs, and HTTP events.
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Splunk Series: Field searches
Run Splunk field searches using key/value pairs, AND/OR/NOT operators, meta fields, and the Selected vs Interesting Fields sidebar to narrow results.
Splunk Series: Overview of Splunk
What Splunk does and the data sources it ingests — logs, configs, network devices, scripts — so security and ops teams can analyze machine data.
Splunk Series: Saving Search Jobs
Save and share Splunk search jobs: default 10-minute lifetime, extending to 7 days, scheduling reports, and setting Private vs Everyone permissions.
Splunk Series: Search Language Syntax
Splunk SPL syntax breakdown — search terms, commands, functions, arguments, and clauses — plus the search pipeline and how to build tables from fields.
Splunk Series: Splunk Deployments
Splunk deployment models — standalone vs distributed — plus the supporting components: Deployment Server, Cluster Master, and License Master.
Palo Alto Networks - PCNSE Certification - Part 2 - Building a Lab (Where to get Started)
Build a PCNSE study lab — get a PA-VM auth code, download the OVA, deploy on ESXi, and wire it into an existing home network alongside an ASA edge.
Palo Alto Networks - PCNSE Certification - Part 1 - Breaking down the Exam Objectives
Palo Alto PCNSE exam breakdown — the five domain weights, recommended EDU-210/EDU-220 training, and what to expect on the 75-question certification.
VIDEO: SD-WAN from Cisco Viptela (SD-WAN Series (Lab 1 - ZTP: P4.3)
Hands-on Cisco Viptela SD-WAN video lab covering Zero-Touch Provisioning (ZTP) with vManage, vBond, and vSmart controllers onboarding a vEdge router.
SD-WAN from Cisco Viptela (SD- WAN Series (Components and Technical Info: P4.1)
Cisco SD-WAN (Viptela) components explained — vManage, vSmart, and the path from IWAN to a software-defined WAN with overlay and underlay networks.