Introducing Splunk - Splunk Essentials - page 19

Getting data into Splunk
It's time to spring into action now and input some data into Splunk. Adding data is simple,
easy, and quick. In this section, we will use some data and tutorials created by Splunk to
learn how to add data:
1. Firstly, to obtain your data, visit the tutorial data at http://docs.splunk.com/Docu-
mentation/Splunk/6.1.5/SearchTutorial/GetthetutorialdataintoSplunk that is readily
available on Splunk.
2. Here, download the folder tutorialdata.zip . Note that this will be a fresh
dataset that has been collected over the last 7 days. Download it but don't extract
the data from it just yet.
3. You then need to log in to Splunk, using admin as the username and then by using
your password.
4. Once logged in, you will notice that toward the upper-right corner of your screen is
the button Add Data , as shown in the following screenshot. Click on this button:
Button to Add Data
5. Once you have clicked on this button, you'll see a screen similar to the following
screenshot: