Splunk Interview Questions
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What is a lookup command?

127

Why use only splunk?

165

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

137

How to exclude some events from being indexed by splunk?

253

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

235

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

121

What are the defaults fields for every event in splunk?

138

Explain how data ages in splunk?

128

Why is splunk used for analyzing machine data?

121

Explain ‘license violation’ from splunk perspective.

280

Explain the splunk architecture?

123

What is the use of license master in splunk?

162

Explain search factor (sf)?

139

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

134

Differentiate between inputlookup & outputlookup commands.

221


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What are the different options while setting up alerts?

142


What are the types of search modes supported in splunk?

130


What are the formats in which search result be exported?

135


What are the components of splunk/splunk architecture?

123


What is the main difference between sort + and sort -?

204






What are most important configuration files of splunk or can you tell name of few important configuration files in splunk?

141


List various types of splunk dashboards?

234


Explain how data ages in splunk?

128


What is table command?

148


What are the types of alerts in splunk?

141


What are types of splunk licenses?

128


Briefly explain the splunk architecture?

140


Explain how indexer stores various indexes?

133


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

235


What is lookup command?

152