Splunk SPLK-1003 Splunk Enterprise Certified Admin Online Training
Splunk SPLK-1003 Online Training
The questions for SPLK-1003 were last updated at Jun 21,2025.
- Exam Code: SPLK-1003
- Exam Name: Splunk Enterprise Certified Admin
- Certification Provider: Splunk
- Latest update: Jun 21,2025
Which additional component is required for a search head cluster?
- A . Deployer
- B . Cluster Master
- C . Monitoring Console
- D . Management Console
A
Explanation:
Reference:
https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/8.0.5/DistSearch/SHCdeploymentoverview
The deployer. This is a Splunk Enterprise instance that distributes apps and other configurations to the cluster members. It stands outside the cluster and cannot run on the same instance as a cluster member. It can, however, under some circumstances, reside on the same instance as other Splunk Enterprise components, such as a deployment server or an indexer cluster master node.
When are knowledge bundles distributed to search peers?
- A . After a user logs in.
- B . When Splunk is restarted.
- C . When adding a new search peer.
- D . When a distributed search is initiated.
D
Explanation:
"The search head replicates the knowledge bundle periodically in the background or when initiating a search. " "As part of the distributed search process, the search head replicates and distributes its knowledge objects to its search peers, or indexers. Knowledge objects include saved searches, event types, and other entities used in searching accorss indexes. The search head needs to distribute this material to its search peers so that they can properly execute queries on its behalf."
Reference: https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/8.0.5/DistSearch/Whatsearchheadssend
Assume a file is being monitored and the data was incorrectly indexed to an exclusive index. The index is cleaned and now the data must be reindexed.
What other index must be cleaned to reset the input checkpoint information for that file?
- A . _audit
- B . _checkpoint
- C . _introspection
- D . _thefishbucket
D
Explanation:
–reset Reset the fishbucket for the given key or file in the btree. Resetting the checkpoint for an active monitor input reindexes data, resulting in increased license use. https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/8.1.1/Troubleshooting/Commandlinetoolsforusewi thSupport
Reference: http://docshare02.docshare.tips/files/4773/47733589.pdf
If an update is made to an attribute in inputs.conf on a universal forwarder, on which Splunk component would the fishbucket need to be reset in order to reindex the data?
- A . Indexer
- B . Forwarder
- C . Search head
- D . Deployment server
A
Explanation:
https://www.splunk.com/en_us/blog/tips-and-tricks/what-is-this-fishbucket-thing.html "Every Splunk instance has a fishbucket index, except the lightest of hand-tuned lightweight forwarders, and if you index a lot of files it can get quite large. As any other index, you can change the retention policy to control the size via indexes.conf"
Reference https://community.splunk.com/t5/Archive/How-to-reindex-data-from-a-forwarder/td-p/93310
How can native authentication be disabled in Splunk?
- A . Remove the $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/passwd file
- B . Create an empty $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/passwd file
- C . Set SPLUNK_AUTHENTICATION=false in splunk-launch.conf
- D . Set nativeAuthentication=false in authentication.conf
B
Explanation:
Reference: https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/8.0.5/Security/Secureyouradminaccount