You can forward events and logs from syslog and VMware Aria Operations for Logs sources.
Important:
The Cloud Proxy is deprecated. You can continue to use your existing Cloud Proxy configurations, but there will be no new feature updates to the Cloud Proxy.
Port Requirements
Before you configure event forwarding, become familiar with the port requirements for Cloud Proxy and Cloud Native Collector.
| Source | Destination | Ports | Protocol | Service Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard system log | Cloud Proxy or Cloud Native Collector | 514 | TCP,UDP | Syslog data over TCP or UDP |
| Standard system log | Cloud Proxy or Cloud Native Collector | 6514 | SSL | Syslog data over SSL |
| ESXi hosts in vCenter | Cloud Proxy or Cloud Native Collector | 1514 | SSL | Syslog data over SSL |
| VMware Aria Operations for Logs Agents or Server | Cloud Proxy or Cloud Native Collector | 9000 | HTTP | VMware Aria Operations for Logs log data in JSON format (CFAPI) |
| VMware Aria Operations for Logs Agents or Server | Remote Cloud Proxy | 9543 | HTTPS | VMware Aria Operations for Logs log data in JSON format (CFAPI) |
| Cloud Proxy or Cloud Native Collector | VMware Aria Operations for Logs (SaaS) | 443 | TCP | VMware Aria Operations for Logs (SaaS) data over HTTPS |
| Cloud Proxy or Cloud Native Collector | vCenter endpoint | 80 | HTTP | vCenter configuration requests over HTTP |
| Cloud Proxy or Cloud Native Collector | vCenter endpoint | 443 | HTTPS | vCenter configuration requests over HTTPS |
| Cloud Proxy or Cloud Native Collector | DNS | 53 | TCP, UDP | DNS: name resolution service |
| Cloud Proxy or Cloud Native Collector | NTP Server | 123 | UDP | NTPD: Provides NTP time synchronization. The port is open only if you select NTP time synchronization. |
| Admin workstation | Cloud Proxy or Cloud Native Collector | 22 | TCP | SSH: Secure Shell connectivity |
