{"id":61,"date":"2018-08-01T05:37:52","date_gmt":"2018-08-01T05:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zineausa.com\/blog\/?p=61"},"modified":"2018-08-01T05:41:17","modified_gmt":"2018-08-01T05:41:17","slug":"splunk-certified-user-certification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zineausa.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/splunk-certified-user-certification\/","title":{"rendered":"Splunk Certified User Certification"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65\" src=\"https:\/\/zineausa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/splunk.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"251\" height=\"164\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So I kept seeing that jobs near me were looking for Splunk experience so I decided to get the Splunk Certified User certification.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a free certification that you can take online, and I suggest you go and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.splunk.com\/en_us\/training\/certification-track\/splunk-certified-users.html\">register for it<\/a> right away as they are changing the model by<strong> August 15th, 2018.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You have to go and take the basic course, which is also free, and then you can register for the exam.<\/p>\n<p>Hint: go register for the exam on your phone, for some reason the desktop site kept refreshing for me.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you want to really prepare for it, go and get familiar with these two quizlets:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/quizlet.com\/289545494\/splunk-flash-cards\/\">https:\/\/quizlet.com\/289545494\/splunk-flash-cards\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/quizlet.com\/256081491\/fundamentals1-flash-cards\/\">https:\/\/quizlet.com\/256081491\/fundamentals1-flash-cards\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here are our notes we took from the course:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/zineausa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Splunk-notes.pdf\">Splunk notes<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So I kept seeing that jobs near me were looking for Splunk experience so I decided to get the Splunk Certified User certification. 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