View the Distributed Firewall Logs in the VMware Cloud Director Tenant Portal

When you configure a distributed firewall rule, you can verify that the firewall rule runs correctly or monitor if anyone is trying to breach the firewall by examining the firewall logs.

Prerequisites

• Verify with your service provider that they configured a log provider in VMware Cloud Director. If a log provider is not configured, the Logs tab is not visible.
• Add a Distributed Firewall Rule to a Data Center Group with an NSX Network Provider Type in the VMware Cloud Director Tenant Portal

Procedure

1. From the primary left navigation panel, select Networking, and from the page top navigation bar, select the Data Center Groups tab.
   The list of data center groups appears.
2. Click the target data center group.
3. Click the Distributed Firewall tab on the left.
4. On the Distributed Firewall page, select the Logs tab.
5. If you want to refresh the logs information, click Refresh.

What to do next

Export the logs in CSV format.