In this guide, we’ll walk you through the process of installing Syslog-NG on your Ubuntu or any other Debian-based Linux distribution. Syslog-NG is a powerful logging and event management tool used widely in cybersecurity and system administration. Follow these steps to get it up and running on your system.

Have you ever needed to locate and replace encrypted secrets in your Splunk configurations? It’s a tricky task that requires careful handling. In this article, we’ll guide you through the process.

Splunk’s index retention settings might seem tricky because they involve various options. If you don’t fully understand these configuration options, you could encounter problems like data being deleted too early or not being removed as expected. Let’s explore some important index retention settings in indexes.conf.

In this guide, we will go through the two main methods you can follow to delete events from Splunk.

Why Base Searches? Even when constructing a simple dashboard, you might have multiple panels that independently run their own searches within the dashboard. Splunk executes these searches separately, retrieves the results, and then displays the visualizations. This process could potentially cause the dashboard to take longer to load, as each panel completes its search individually. If these panels are based on the same initial data, utilizing a base search becomes advantageous....