Splunk Dashboard for Web Traffic Logs
Building a Real-Time Web Activity Monitoring Dashboard
Overview
In this project, you’ll create a Splunk dashboard to monitor and visualize web traffic logs.
You’ll track HTTP requests, success and error rates, popular URIs, and client IP activity.
The dashboard will include single-value panels for key metrics, bar charts for top endpoints, and a geo-map for visualizing client locations.
This hands-on project helps you understand user activity and detect web anomalies in real-time.
What You'll Learn
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Splunk Dashboard Design
Build an interactive dashboard with multiple visualization types including single-value metrics, bar charts, and geo-maps.
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Web Log Analysis
Understand web server activity from Apache-style access logs and interpret key fields like method, status, uri, and ip.
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Error Pattern Detection
Identify client-side (4xx) and server-side (5xx) errors for performance and reliability insights.
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Geo-Visualization
Map global user traffic and identify where requests originate using Splunk’s iplocation and geom commands.
Prerequisites
- Basic understanding of HTTP methods and response codes
- Access to Splunk Enterprise or Splunk Cloud instance
- Sample Apache web access log in JSON format
Lab Environment
Experience hands-on learning with our carefully designed lab environment that mirrors real-world scenarios.
- Real-world tools and interfaces
- Step-by-step guided instructions
- Interactive lab environment
- Hands-on practice with live systems
About Trainer
Rajneesh Gupta
Rajneesh Gupta is a seasoned cybersecurity professional with over 11 years of industry experience. With a remarkable career focused on incident response, penetration testing, security compliance, and risk management, Rajneesh has established himself as a leading expert in the field. He is also an accomplished author, having penned the book "Hands-on with Blockchain and Cybersecurity". As a dedicated educator, Rajneesh has made a significant impact on the cybersecurity community by training over 60,000 students globally.
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