Have you ever encountered a ‘missing index’ error in Splunk and worried about losing your logs? This article shows you how to set up a ’lastchance’ index to catch those wayward logs, ensuring you don’t lose data even when it’s headed for a non-existent index.
What do you do when you want to reindex logs that have already been indexed by Splunk? This article shows you how to use the ‘fishbucket’ method to reindex your data, whether you indexed it into the wrong index or forgot to create an index before applying your inputs.conf.
Don’t just give it root access! Process of onbaording Linux logs into Splunk using ACLs.
A guide to understanding the difference between a Splunk App and a Splunk Add-On.
A step-by-step guide to setting up Splunk on Windows using WSL with a free Splunk license. We also discuss the different types of Splunk licenses. This guide accompanies the video tutorial on my YouTube channel.