To start using VMware Aria Operations for Logs in your environment, you must deploy the VMware Aria Operations for Logs virtual appliance and apply several basic configurations.
Supported Log Files and Archive Formats in VMware Aria Operations for Logs You can use VMware Aria Operations for Logs to analyze unstructured or structured log data.
Security Requirements To ensure that your virtual environment is protected from external attacks, you must observe certain rules.
Product Compatibility VMware Aria Operations for Logs collects data over the syslog protocol and HTTP. VMware Aria Operations for Logs can connect to vCenter Server to collect events, tasks, and alarms data; and can integrate with VMware Aria Operations to send notification events and enable launch in context. Check the VMware Aria Operations for Logs Release Notes for latest updates on supported product versions.
Minimum Requirements VMware distributes VMware Aria Operations for Logs as a virtual appliance in OVA file format. Various resources and applications must be available for the virtual appliance to run successfully. For the most up-to-date information about requirements, check the latest release notes.
Planning Your VMware Aria Operations for Logs Deployment You can deploy VMware Aria Operations for Logs with a single node, single cluster, or cluster with forwarders.
Sizing the VMware Aria Operations for Logs Virtual Appliance By default, the VMware Aria Operations for Logs virtual appliance uses the preset values for small configurations.
Integrating VMware Aria Operations for Logs and VMware Aria Operations Integrating VMware Aria Operations for Logs with VMware Aria Operations allows you to send metrics and alerts generated by VMware Aria Operations for Logs to VMware Aria Operations , and gain granular insights into your virtual infrastructure and application's performance to perform faster and efficient issue identification and resolution.