Splunk Enterprise Certified Admin Practice Test

Which Splunk license disables alerts and authentication features?

1. Enterprise License

2. Forwarder License

3. Free License

4. Enterprise Trial License

The correct answer is: Free License

The free license in Splunk is designed for individual use and does come with certain limitations compared to the other licensing options. Specifically, this license restricts access to advanced features like alerts and authentication capabilities. The intent behind these restrictions is to provide users with a no-cost way to explore the basic functionalities of Splunk for personal projects or small-scale data analysis. The exclusion of alerts means that users cannot set up automated notifications based on specific data conditions, which is a critical feature for many enterprise-level use cases. Similarly, the lack of authentication means that, while users can still ingest and analyze data, they do not have the same security measures available that would typically be expected in larger deployments where data privacy and user roles are essential. Other licenses, like the Enterprise and Enterprise Trial licenses, provide full access to all features of Splunk, including alerts and robust security configurations, making them more suitable for organizational use. The Forwarder license, on the other hand, is specifically for data ingestion, allowing data to be sent to an indexer but does not relate to the features associated with alerts or user authentication.