Course Content
This 4.5-hour virtual module targeted to developers and DevOps enables you to use Splunk APM to analyze traces, troubleshoot and monitor your microservices-based applications. Through in-person discussions and hands-on activities, deep dive into uses of distributed tracing, navigating the Splunk APM app to analyze traces, visualize and alert on APM metrics. All concepts and taught through discussions and hands-on activities.
This module was previously available under the name Using Splunk APM to Monitor Microservices Applications.
Who should attend
Developers and DevOps
Prerequisites
Required
- Familiarity with navigating Splunk Observability Cloud
Strongly Recommended:
- Basic knowledge of visualization and alerting on Splunk IM metrics
Course Objectives
- When to use Splunk APM
- View and Analyze End-to-end Collected Traces
- Find the Root Cause of a Problem
Outline: Using Splunk Application Performance Monitoring (USAPM)
Topic 1 – Overview of Splunk APM
- Describe Splunk Observability Cloud
- Identify the key elements of Splunk APM
- Differentiate between metrics, traces and logs
Topic 2 – Navigating Splunk APM
- Define Splunk APM-based terminology
- Navigate the Splunk APM pages
Topic 3 – Troubleshooting Using Splunk APM
- Create detectors to alert on APM metrics
- Create custom dashboards
- Troubleshoot an issue after an alert triggers