You can share a dashboard for a certain period by generating a URL with an expiry date. When other users access the URL, they can see a read-only view of the dashboard without logging in to VMware Aria Operations for Logs. If you apply filters to the dashboard, users see the filtered content.

You can provide unauthenticated access to a custom dashboard or a content pack dashboard.

Prerequisites

Verify that you are logged in to the VMware Aria Operations for Logs web user interface as a user associated with the User role, or a role that has the relevant permissions. For more information, see Create and Modify Roles in Administering VMware Aria Operations for Logs. The URL format of the web user interface is https://operations_for_logs-host, where operations_for_logs-host is the IP address or host name of the VMware Aria Operations for Logs virtual appliance.

Procedure

  1. In the Dashboards page, select a dashboard.
  2. Optionally, add one or more filters to refine the dashboard content.
  3. Click the Share icon in the upper-right corner.
  4. In the pop-up window, you can modify the dashboard name as seen by the users who access the generated URL.
  5. Enter an expiry date for the generated URL. If you do not enter a date, the URL is active for seven days.
  6. Click Generate.
  7. Copy the URL that is generated and share it with other users.
    When you close the pop-up window after generating the URL, you can find it in Management > Shared Dashboard URLs. In this page, you can also edit or delete a shared dashboard URL.