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NEW QUESTION # 73
In a distributed environment, which Splunk component is used to distribute apps and configurations to the other Splunk instances?
- A. Indexer
- B. Forwarder
- C. Deployment server
- D. Deployer
Answer: C
Explanation:
The deployer is a Splunk Enterprise instance that you use to distribute apps and certain other configuration updates to search head cluster members. The set of updates that the deployer distributes is called the configuration bundle. https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/8.1.3/DistSearch
/PropagateSHCconfigurationchanges#:~:text=The%20deployer%20is%20a%20Splunk,is%20called%20the%
20configuration%20bundle.
https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/8.0.5/Updating/Updateconfigurations First line says it all: "The deployment server distributes deployment apps to clients."
NEW QUESTION # 74
Which parent directory contains the configuration files in Splunk?
- A. SSPLUNK_HOME/conf
- B. SSPLUNK_HOME/default
- C. SSFLUNK_KOME/etc
- D. SSPLUNK_HCME/var
Answer: C
NEW QUESTION # 75
An admin updates the Role to Group mapping for external authentication. How does the change affect users that are currently logged into Splunk?
- A. Users will continue to operate under their previous role until the next time they log into Splunk.
- B. The role update terminates the user's current session, and they have to log back in.
- C. Only newly created user accounts are affected by the role change.
- D. Search is disabled until users reauthenticate.
Answer: A
Explanation:
* Splunk checks role-to-group mapping only during user login for external authentication (e.g., LDAP, SAML). Users already logged in will continue using their previously assigned roles until they log out and log back in.
* The changes to role mapping do not disrupt ongoing sessions.
* Incorrect Options:
* B: Search is not disabled upon role updates.
* C: This is incorrect since existing users are also updated upon the next login.
* D: Role updates do not terminate ongoing sessions.
References:
* Splunk Docs: Configure user authentication
NEW QUESTION # 76
What is the valid option for a [monitor] stanza in inputs.conf?
- A. datasource
- B. ignoreOlderThan
- C. server_name
- D. enabled
Answer: B
NEW QUESTION # 77
What is required when adding a native user to Splunk? (select all that apply)
- A. Username
- B. Full Name
- C. Password
- D. Default app
Answer: A,C
Explanation:
According to the Splunk system admin course PDF, When adding native users, Username and Password ARE REQUIRED
NEW QUESTION # 78
Which authentication methods are natively supported within Splunk Enterprise? (select all that apply)
- A. RADIUS
- B. SAML
- C. LDAP
- D. Duo Multifactor Authentication
Answer: A,B,C
Explanation:
Reference:https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/7.3.1/Security/SetupuserauthenticationwithSplunk Splunk authentication: Provides Admin, Power and User by default, and you can define your own roles using a list of capabilities. If you have an Enterprise license, Splunk authentication is enabled by default. See Set up user authentication with Splunk's built-in system for more information. LDAP: Splunk Enterprise supports authentication with its internal authentication services or your existing LDAP server. See Set up user authentication with LDAP for more information. Scripted authentication API: Use scripted authentication to integrate Splunk authentication with an external authentication system, such as RADIUS or PAM. See Set up user authentication with external systems for more information. Note: Authentication, including native authentication, LDAP, and scripted authentication, is not available in Splunk Free.
NEW QUESTION # 79
Using the CLI on the forwarder, how could the current forwarder to indexer configuration be viewed?
- A. splunk list forward-indexer
- B. splunk btool indexes list --debug
- C. splunk btool server list --debug
- D. splunk list forward-server
Answer: D
NEW QUESTION # 80
What conf file needs to be edited to set up distributed search groups?
- A. distibutedsearch.conf
- B. distsearch.conf
- C. props.conf
- D. search.conf
Answer: B
Explanation:
Explanation/Reference: https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/8.0.5/DistSearch/Distributedsearchgroups
NEW QUESTION # 81
What is the correct order of steps in Duo Multifactor Authentication?
- A. 1 Request Login 2 Duo MFA
3. Check authentication / group mapping
4 Create User session
5. Authentication Granted
6 Log into Splunk - B. 1 Request Login
2. Connect to SAML server
3 Duo MFA
4 Create User session
5 Authentication Granted 6. Log into Splunk - C. 1. Request Login 2 Duo MFA
3. Authentication Granted 4 Connect to SAML server
5. Log into Splunk
6. Create User session - D. 1 Request Login
2 Check authentication / group mapping
3 Authentication Granted
4. Duo MFA
5. Create User session
6. Log into Splunk
Answer: D
Explanation:
Using the provided DUO/Splunk reference URL https://duo.com/docs/splunk Scroll down to the Network Diagram section and note the following 6 similar steps
1 - SPlunk connection initiated
2 - Primary authentication
3 - Splunk connection established to Duo Security over TCP port 443
4 - Secondary authentication via Duo Security's service
5 - Splunk receives authentication response
6 - Splunk session logged in.
NEW QUESTION # 82
When running the command shown below, what is the default path in which deployment server. conf is created?
splunk set deploy-poll deployServer:port
- A. SPLUNK_KOME/etc/apps/deployment
- B. SPLUNK_HOME/etc/system/default
- C. SPLUNK_HOME/etc/system/local
- D. SFLUNK_HOME/etc/deployment
Answer: B
Explanation:
https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/8.1.1/Updating
/Definedeploymentclasses#Ways_to_define_server_classes "When you use forwarder management to create a new server class, it saves the server class definition in a copy of serverclass.conf under $SPLUNK_HOME/etc
/system/local. If, instead of using forwarder management, you decide to directly edit serverclass.conf, it is recommended that you create the serverclass.conf file in that same directory, $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/system
/local."
NEW QUESTION # 83
What is the command to reset the fishbucket for one source?
- A. splunk btool fishbucket reset <source>
- B. splunk clean eventdata -index _thefishbucket
- C. rm -r ~/splunkforwarder/var/lib/splunk/fishbucket
- D. splunk cmd btprobe -d SPLUNK_HOME/var/lib/splunk/fishbucket/splunk_private_db --file <source> -- reset
Answer: D
Explanation:
Reference:https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/How-can-I-trigger-the-re-indexing-of-a-single- file/m-p/108568 The fishbucket is a directory that stores information about the files that have been monitored and indexed by Splunk. The fishbucket helps Splunk avoid indexing duplicate data by keeping track of file signatures and offsets. To reset the fishbucket for one source, the command splunk cmd btprobe can be used with the -reset option and the name of the source file. Therefore, option C is the correct answer. References: Splunk Enterprise Certified Admin | Splunk, [Use btprobe to troubleshoot file monitoring - Splunk Documentation]
NEW QUESTION # 84
How would you configure your distsearch conf to allow you to run the search below?
sourcetype=access_combined status=200 action=purchase splunk_setver_group=HOUSTON A)
B)
C)
D)
- A. Option B
- B. Option D
- C. Option C
- D. option A
Answer: B
NEW QUESTION # 85
Which of the following statements describes how distributed search works?
- A. The search head dispatches searches to the search peers.
- B. Search results are replicated within the indexer cluster.
- C. Search heads store a portion of the searchable data.
- D. Forwarders pull data from the search peers.
Answer: A
Explanation:
URL https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/8.2.2/DistSearch/Configuredistributedsearch
"To activate distributed search, you add search peers, or indexers, to a Splunk Enterprise instance that you desingate as a search head. You do this by specifying each search peer manually."
NEW QUESTION # 86
What are the required stanza attributes when configuring the transforms. conf to manipulate or remove events?
- A. REGEX, DEST_KEY, FORMAT
- B. REGEX, DEST. FORMAT
- C. REGEX.SRC_KEY, FORMAT
- D. REGEX, DEST_KEY FORMATTING
Answer: A
Explanation:
Explanation
REGEX = <regular expression>
* Enter a regular expression to operate on your data.
FORMAT = <string>
* NOTE: This option is valid for both index-time and search-time field extraction. Index-time field extraction configuration require the FORMAT settings. The FORMAT settings is optional for search-time field extraction configurations.
* This setting specifies the format of the event, including any field names or values you want to add.
DEST_KEY = <key>
* NOTE: This setting is only valid for index-time field extractions.
* Specifies where SPLUNK software stores the expanded FORMAT results in accordance with the REGEX match.
NEW QUESTION # 87
What conf file needs to be edited to set up distributed search groups?
- A. distibutedsearch.conf
- B. distsearch.conf
- C. props.conf
- D. search.conf
Answer: B
NEW QUESTION # 88
Which Splunk indexer operating system platform is supported when sending logs from a Windows universal forwarder?
- A. None of the above.
- B. Windows platform only.
- C. Any OS platform
- D. Linux platform only
Answer: C
NEW QUESTION # 89
Which option on the Add Data menu is most useful for testing data ingestion without creating inputs.conf?
- A. Upload option
- B. Forward option
- C. Download option
- D. Monitor option
Answer: D
NEW QUESTION # 90
What happens when there are conflicting settings within two or more configuration files?
- A. The setting with the lowest precedence is used.
- B. The setting for both values will be used together.
- C. The setting is ignored until conflict is resolved.
- D. The setting with the highest precedence is used.
Answer: D
Explanation:
When there are conflicting settings within two or more configuration files, the setting with the highest precedence is used. The precedence of configuration files is determined by a combination of the file type, the directory location, and the alphabetical order of the file names.
NEW QUESTION # 91
You update a props.conffile while Splunk is running. You do not restart Splunk and you run this command:
splunk btool props list --debug. What will the output be?
- A. A verbose list of all configurations as they were when splunkd started.
- B. A list of the current running props.confconfigurations along with a file path from which the configuration was made.
- C. A list of props.confconfigurations as they are on-disk along with a file path from which the configuration is located.
- D. A list of all the configurations on-disk that Splunk contains.
Answer: B
Explanation:
Explanation/Reference: https://answers.splunk.com/answers/494219/need-help-with-what-should-be-a-simple- precedence.html
NEW QUESTION # 92
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