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Splunk Basics Course (Udemy.com)

Complete hands-on tutorial about the process of logging and monitoring using the amazing and agile tool Splunk

4.6
452 reviews

Created by: Ahmed Elakwah

Last updated January 2026

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What you will learn

  • ICT Logging and monitoring basics
  • How to make logs work for you and get notified if something went wrong
  • Visualize data received from any log source in very simple steps
  • Build a small computer LAB that consists of a Splunk server, Apache web server and Fortigate firewall virtual appliance
  • Install and configure Splunk Enterprise and Splunk Universal Forwarder
  • Know the different deployment types of Splunk
  • Collect logs from remote nodes using Splunk Universal Forwarder
  • Collect logs from Syslog devices like Fortigate firewall
  • Search and explore data on Splunk
  • Extract fields and add knowledge to data
  • Quick introduction to Splunk Search Processing language (SPL)

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  • Length1.9 hoursshorter than 85% of them
  • Last updatedJanuary 2026more recently than 63% of them

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Course Description

Machines are trying to tell us something through logs, so they are a very valuable resource for IT departments to ensure that everything is working as expected and to give us an idea of what is going on in our IT environments which will help to respond faster to incidents.


In this hands-on course, we will learn how to set up a small virtual LAB to simulate real-world logging and monitoring scenarios, where we will collect logs from Apache web server and Fortigate firewall and send them to Splunk for storage, analysis, visualization and alerting.


I selected these two log sources specifically because they represent the majority of log sources you will find in your environment, so you can follow the same steps in the course to integrate different log sources in the future.


There are more complex log sources to integrate like logs that are pulled from database but they are not suitable to be discussed in an introductory course.


After we onboard logs to Splunk, we will search and explore data we received then we will add knowledge to it by extracting interesting fields in these logs. 


At this point, our logs will be ready to be treated by Splunk Searching Processing Language (SPL) to create reports, dashboards, and alerts.


This course will make you ready to dig deep into more advanced topics of Splunk administration like,

  • High availability

  • Indexers clusters

  • Search head clusters

  • Deployments servers

  • Splunk Apps

  • Advanced SPL


But you have to walk before you run, so my vision for this course is to master the basics first to break the ice.


Note:

When the course was recorded Splunk version was 8.0.4.1, On 10-09-2022 I validated Splunk Enterprise 9.0.1 on my own test lab and the steps and instructions in this course still apply.
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Instructor Details

Ahmed Elakwah

Hi there,

I'm Ahmed, an information technology guy having more than 17 years of experience in open source technology and information security in multinational companies, enjoys operating and securing mission-critical services.

I am passionate about information security in general and I love to share my experience by creating content on YouTube and Udemy.


Best regards,

Ahmed

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By Uzair Hashmi on 4/3/2026

Good to start on basics but there are gaps that need more inputs. E.x. Under Dashboards section there's no clarity on Classic Dashboards (XML based) & Dashboard Studio (Panel based / JSON).

By Kevin on 3/26/2026

I am new learner about cybersecurity and I liked a lot this course. I hope to continue learning and grow professionally. Thanks for the course!

By BakarAli on 11/21/2025

Hello Ahmed, Thank you very much for providing this free Splunk course. I’m currently midway through the training, and it has been extremely helpful in building a solid foundation with Splunk. I truly appreciate the opportunity to learn from such insightful content. I would also like to request your support in accessing more advanced, in-depth learning materials for Splunk, as well as any other useful cybersecurity tools or courses you recommend. Your guidance would be greatly appreciated. Thank you once again for your support.

By Nasarul Naseer on 5/31/2025

Amazing course... This course gives me a better understanding of splunk than any other courses on the internet....Thank you so much brother

By Victor Monday on 5/4/2025

The Tutor was was intentional in trying to make the students (including me) understand how things happened and why the happen. This course is very informative and I am blessed to have taken it.

By Taniya Roy on 1/11/2024

This is an excellent course for beginners. Ahmed has done a brilliant job in breaking down every step. I have greatly benefited from it. Thank you!

By Bernaud Bila on 9/21/2023

Great course, all lab's instructions are easy to follow. I'll suggest to have a separate course for all the tools and lab installation just to save time.

By James Gant on 4/22/2022

Thank you so much for this course. I just started a new position and I will be dealing with Splunk. This course actually helped me solve one of the request my supervisor was asking about which was how to monitor a log from an Apache Server. So far I've taken this course and some on pluralsight and I'd easily recommend yours over theirs any day. Thanks again!!!

By Mhewedy Hewedy on 8/16/2020

I like the course, ot goes deep dive into using splunk. However the course contains a big part doing the setup. I hope this pary waw minimal.

By Manish Joshi on 8/6/2020

It was good for those who is just starting they will have good understanding how to configure with the assets and how to prepare the dashboard for you management.

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