System requirements
Splunk Enterprise supports workload management on Linux operating systems only.
Linux kernel
Splunk Enterprise version 9.0 and higher requires Linux kernel version 3.x or higher. For more information on supported Linux kernel versions for Splunk Enterprise, see Supported operating systems in the Installation Manual.
Supported Linux distributions
Splunk Enterprise version 9.3 and higher supports workload management on these Linux distributions:
- RHEL 8 and 9
- CentOS 8
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and higher
- SUSE 12 and 15
Supported cgroups version
Workload management supports Linux cgroups v1 only.
Workload management does not currently support Linux cgroups v2. If your Linux system has been upgraded to a version running cgroups v2, you must revert your system to cgroups v1 to use Workload Management in Splunk Enterprise. For additional guidance and resources, see Workload Management operation during the transition to cgroups v2.
Before you can configure and enable workload management in Splunk Enterprise, you must set up the underlying Linux operating system to allow splunkd to manage cgroups. See Set up Linux for workload management.
Systemd version
Workload management requires systemd version 219 or higher.
Systemd is not a mandatory requirement, but if systemd is running on your Linux instance, it must be version 219 or higher.
How workload management works | Set up Linux for workload management |
This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk® Enterprise: 9.3.0
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