Splunk Updated SPLK-1005 Exam Questions and Answers by arla

The best approach to meet the requirements of the marketing department is to create a new role that inherits the user role but with restricted access to only the marketing_data index. This setup allows users to perform searches and view dashboards while ensuring they cannot access other indexes such as those containing security or operations data.

Splunk Documentation Reference: Splunk Role-based Access Control

Configuring a Universal Forwarder (UF) as an Intermediate Forwarder involves making changes to its configuration to allow it to receive data from other forwarders before sending it to indexers.

D. It is only possible to make this change directly in configuration files or via a deployment app:This is the correct answer. Configuring a Universal Forwarder as an Intermediate Forwarder is done by editing the configuration files directly (like outputs.conf), or by deploying a pre-configured app via a deployment server. The Splunk Web UI (Management Console) does not provide an interface for configuring a Universal Forwarder as an Intermediate Forwarder.

A. This can only be turned on using the Settings > Forwarding and Receiving menu in Splunk Web/UI:Incorrect, as this applies to Heavy Forwarders, not Universal Forwarders.

B. The configuration changes can be made using Splunk Web, CLI, directly in configuration files, or via a deployment app:Incorrect, the Splunk Web UI is not used for configuring Universal Forwarders.

C. The configuration changes can be made using CLI, directly in configuration files, or via a deployment app:While CLI could be used for certain configurations, the specific Intermediate Forwarder setup is typically done via configuration files or deployment apps.

Splunk Documentation References:

Universal Forwarder Configuration

Intermediate Forwarder Configuration

The SHOULD_LINEMERGE setting is used in Splunk to control whether or not multiple lines of an event should be combined into a single event. This setting is configured in the props.conf file, where Splunk handles data parsing and field extraction. Setting SHOULD_LINEMERGE = true merges lines together based on specific rules.

Splunk Documentation Reference: props.conf - SHOULD_LINEMERGE

In Splunk, to ingest data from files or directories, the basic configuration in inputs.conf requires at least the following elements:

monitor stanza:Specifies the file or directory to be monitored.

sourcetype:Identifies the format or type of the incoming data, which helps Splunk to correctly parse it.

index:Determines where the data will be stored within Splunk.

The host attribute is optional, as Splunk can auto-assign a host value, but specifying it can be useful in certain scenarios. However, it is not mandatory for data ingestion.

Splunk Cloud Reference:For more details, you can consult the Splunk documentation on inputs.conf file configuration and best practices.

Source:

Splunk Docs: Monitor files and directories

Splunk Docs: Inputs.conf examples