Data Management for VMware Tanzu can use Elastic Search to aggregate Provider logs. This is especially useful when Provider High Availability is configured.
If you are configuring Elastic Search and you plan to or have configured Provider HA:
- You must configure Elastic Search settings on the Primary Provider if you have not yet configured Provider HA.
- You can configure Elastic Search on any Provider in the HA cluster after you configure HA.
Prerequisites
Before you configure the Elastic Search settings for Data Management for VMware Tanzu, you must:
- Create an Elastic Search deployment.
- Note the IP address and port number of the Elastic Search server.
- Identify the name of an Elastic Search index for DMS.
Procedure
Perform the following procedure to configure Elastic Search settings:
Log in to the Provider VM.
Select Settings from the left navigation pane.
This action displays the Settings view, Information tab.
Locate the Elastic Search pane and click EDIT.
The Elastic Search Configuration form displays.
Set the following Elastic Search properties:
Property Name Value IP Address The IP address of the Elastic Search deployment. Port The port number on which the Elastic Search server is listening. Index Name The Elastic Search index in which to store and organize the Provider logs. Click CONFIRM.
About Elastic Search Log Management
Data Management for VMware Tanzu does not monitor or manage the logs in your Elastic Search installation. You are responsible for configuring log rotation, and for purging the logs that you no longer require.
Refer to the Range query and Delete by query API topics in the Elastic Search documentation for more information about these tasks.
