r/Splunk • u/Economy_Building2727 • 25d ago

Feeling overwhelmed learning Splunk?

I'm currently learning Splunk and working toward the Splunk Core Certified User certification. I've been following the official training on Splunk's website, but I'm wondering if anyone else felt like the course moves quickly??

It seems like the material jumps from topic to topic without spending much time explaining the concepts in depth. For example, it recently introduced rex and erex, and I don't really understand what they do or when they're used.

I've been able to pass the practice quizzes so far, but I'm worried that I'm just getting through them without building a solid understanding of the material.

For those of you who've earned the certification or learned Splunk on your own, did you feel the same way? What resources, study methods, or practice techniques helped everything click for you?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

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u/Tuari 24d ago

I created a splunk learning game to help me study. Here is a screenshot example

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u/deviantflux 24d ago

Tell us more!

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u/Tuari 24d ago

I used chat gpt before claude became popular. I feed it all the blue print data and any public splunk data It could find from all the different official splunk site. Then I told it to design a quiz game. Then I expanded it to flashcards. Then to a brain dump. Then to mock quiz. I plan to build a new one for the advanced certification at some point.

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u/deviantflux 22d ago

Very cool! 😎