Michael Wilde (the Wilde): Archive for the 'How-To' Tab

Splunk Ninja - So You’re Interested in Video now?

This episode gives our faithful and inquisitive viewers a behind-the-scenes look at the Splunk Ninja’s ghetto-tech operation. Some viewers have been wondering, how I put all of these videos together, what equipment to use and what software or websites to get started with.  Covered in this no-holds-barred, blockbuster epic, multi-dollar budgeted, long form [...]

Splunk Ninja - Cloud Power - Splunkin’ with Amazon’s EC2

I’m a big fan of cloud computing. Amazon has put together a very usable pile of computing services with their Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2). The ability to quickly provision server computing resources in a pay-to-play virtual environment is right up my alley! This video gives background on EC2, and demonstrates how fast I [...]

Splunk Ninja - Episode 002 - The Curse of the Golden Logfile

Greetings Grasshoppers.. The Splunk Ninja is back with a double-shot this week. Two videos in three days. In this episode the SplunkNinja will demonstrate the simplicity of making Splunk work. He’ll download, install, configure and have Splunk eating logs in less that three minutes. This 8 minute video is [...]