Detailed Course Outline
Module 1 – Introduction to WLM
- Splunk Administrator challenges
- Overview of WLM
- WLM concepts
- CPU and memory resource allocation
- WLM requirements
Module 2 – Linux Configuration
- Linux configuration for WLM
- Configuring systemd distributions
- Configuring non-systemd distributions
- WLM role requirements
Module 3 – Configuring WLM in Splunk Enterprise
- Preflight check
- Configuring workload categories
- Configuring workload pools
- Configuring workload rules
- Enabling workload management in Splunk
Module 4 – WLM Resource Allocation
- Assigning searches to WLM
- Re-assigning workload pools
- Monitoring WLM in the Splunk Monitoring Console