Splunk Interview Questions
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What is a lookup command?

164

Why use only splunk?

209

What are the unique benefits of getting data into a splunk instance via forwarders?

170

How to exclude some events from being indexed by splunk?

305

Explain search factor (sf) & replication factor (rf)?

272

What is the difference between search time and index time field extractions?

152

What are the defaults fields for every event in splunk?

173

Explain how data ages in splunk?

161

Why is splunk used for analyzing machine data?

153

Explain ‘license violation’ from splunk perspective.

335

Explain the splunk architecture?

170

What is the use of license master in splunk?

206

Explain search factor (sf)?

177

Why use only splunk? Why can’t I go for something that is open source?

182

Differentiate between inputlookup & outputlookup commands.

321


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Name splunk alternatives?

204


Explain how data ages in splunk?

161


What are the disadvantages of using splunk?

273


What do you mean by deployer in splunk?

195


What is the use of splunk btool?

214


What is a lookup command? Differentiate between inputlookup & outputlookup commands.

202


How do we find total number of host or source type reporting splunk instance. Report should consider host across the cluster?

165


Explain map-reduce algorithm?

221


Define dashboard in splunk?

183


How to exclude some events from being indexed by splunk?

305


What is the importance of license master in splunk?

190


Why Splunk is used for analysing machine data?

179


What are the different types of data inputs in splunk?

209


What is the difference between Splunk apps and add-ons?

193


What are the different options while setting up alerts?

174