Using Splunk Synthetic Monitoring
Duration : 2 Days (16 Hours)
Using Splunk Synthetic Monitoring Course Overview:
This course is intended for developers looking to incorporate performance testing into their release workflows and SREs interested in web availability monitoring, enterprise application monitoring, and SLA reporting. Splunk Synthetic Monitoring is primarily designed for DevOps and ITOps teams engaged in proactive monitoring of vital business workflows. Nevertheless, individuals seeking continuous visibility into the performance of web services for global customers and employees can also benefit from this course.
Intended Audience:
- Developers concerned with integrating performance testing into their release processes.
- Site Reliability Engineers (SREs) concerned with web availability monitoring, enterprise application monitoring, and SLA reporting.
- DevOps and ITOps teams responsible for proactively monitoring critical business workflows.
- Anyone who needs 24/7 visibility into the performance of web services for customers and employees around the world.
Learning Objectives of Using Splunk Synthetic Monitoring:
▪ Describe use cases for Splunk Synthetic Monitoring
▪ Create uptime tests to monitor site availability
▪ Create browser tests to monitor critical browser-based workflows
▪ Create API tests to monitor back-end services and API-powered
workflows
▪ Troubleshoot site performance using synthetic tests
Module 1 – Explore Splunk Synthetic Monitoring
- Identify use cases for synthetic monitoring
- View and interpret Uptime tests
- View and interpret Browser tests
- View and interpret API tests
- Identify configuration needs for Synthetic tests
Module 2 – Create Uptime Tests
- Use best practices to create Uptime tests
- Setup and configure Uptime tests
- Identify available Uptime test metrics
- Alert on Uptime tests
Module 3 – Create Browser Tests
- Use best practices to create Browser tests
- Setup and configure Browser tests
- Identify available Browser test metrics
- Alert on Browser tests
Module 4 – Create API Tests
- Use best practices to create API tests
- Setup and configure API tests
- Identify available API test metrics
- Alert on API tests
Module 5 – Troubleshoot Site Performance Using Synthetic Tests
- Using custom dashboards for efficient troubleshooting
- Find insights using analytics in charts
- Create detectors for common use cases
Using Splunk Synthetic Monitoring Course Prerequisites:
▪ Introduction to Splunk Observability (self-paced)
▪ Introduction to Splunk Synthetic Monitoring (self-paced)
▪ Fundamentals of Metrics Monitoring in Splunk Observability
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