Course Overview
This course enables participants to build, configure, and troubleshoot a full observability pipeline using the Splunk Distribution of the OpenTelemetry Collector. Learners will gain experience with metrics, logs, and traces, exploring how to enrich, transform, and analyze telemetry data flowing through the collector into Splunk Observability Cloud.
Who should attend
- This course is most useful for SRE, DevOps Engineers, Platform Engineers and Observability Monitoring Specialists.
- The course can be relevant for Application developers too.
Prerequisites
- Basic Linux terminal proficiency
- Familiarity with Docker, Docker Compose
- Working knowledge of YAML
- Awareness of telemetry concepts (metrics, logs, traces)
- Introductory experience with Splunk Observability Cloud or similar observability backends