Kushagra Sharma's Blog Posts

Kushagra Sharma is a Product Manager at Cisco working on AIOps products that help teams operate complex systems with intelligence and scale. He focuses on translating customer problems into practical, data-driven solutions at the intersection of AI, reliability, and software platforms. Passionate about clear thinking and strong product craft, Kushagra writes to share insights on technology, product strategy, and building systems that actually work in the real world.

Splunk Sizing Made Easy
Tips & Tricks
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Splunk Sizing Made Easy

Estimating storage size for Splunk Index can get complicated; see simply web-based tool for sizing using Mustafa’s calculation + nice interface. Check it out.
Deploying Splunk Securely with Ansible Config Management – Part 2
Tips & Tricks
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Deploying Splunk Securely with Ansible Config Management – Part 2

3rd UK debate tracked on tweets w/o Cameron & Clegg, still talked about even when absent; Splunk tracks findings-positive, negative, overall sentiments & tweets
Remembering David
Splunk Life
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Remembering David

In memory of David Carasso, much loved & admired at Splunk & known for the Splunk book, search language, caring for coworkers.
Working with spreadsheets in Splunk (Excel, CSV files)
Tips & Tricks
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Working with spreadsheets in Splunk (Excel, CSV files)

Better ways to do tedious spreadsheet searches in Splunk: import files, manipulate data using search language, use lookup for logs by matching lookup criteria.
Splunk App for Salesforce
Tips & Tricks
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Splunk App for Salesforce

Splunk and Microsoft Azure – Intro and Resource Roundup
Tips & Tricks
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Splunk and Microsoft Azure – Intro and Resource Roundup