VMware Integrated OpenStack Log File Locations

When you request technical support, you might be requested to provide log files. The following tables show you where the files are located and describes their purpose.

Table 1. OpenStack Management Server Logs

File Name	Description
/var/log/apache2/access.log	Logs access to the VMware Integrated OpenStack Manager.
/var/log/apache2/error.log	Logs access errors for the VMware Integrated OpenStack Manager.
/var/log/column/ansible.log	Logs Ansible service activity.
/var/log/jarvis/jarvis.log	Logs Jarvis service activity.
/var/log/jarvis/pecan.log	Logs Pecan framework service activity.
/var/log/oms/oms.log	Logs VMware Integrated OpenStack Manager service activity.
/var/log/oms/register-plugin.log	Logs VMware Integrated OpenStack plugin registration activity.
/var/log/osvmw/osvmw-exceptions.log	Logs exceptions to osvmw service.
/var/log/osvmw/osvmw.log	Logs osvmw service activity.
/var/log/viocli/viocli.log	Logs viocli (VMware Integrated OpenStack CLI) service activity.
/var/log/viomon/viomon.log	Logs VMware Integrated OpenStack monitoring activity.
/var/log/viopatch/*.log	Logs upgrade and patching activity.
/var/log/bootsequence.log	Logs booting activity.

Table 2. Controller Logs

File Name	Description
/var/log/apache2/access.log	Logs VMware Integrated OpenStack dashboard access activity.
/var/log/apache2/error.log	Logs Horizon (VMware Integrated OpenStack dashboard) general activity.
/var/log/atop/atop_<YYYYMMDD>	Atop is the OpenStack resource monitoring tool. Resource usage such as CPU, memory, and disk usage is sampled every 60 seconds and logs are stored in a directory with the date in YYYYMMDD format. Logs are rotated every 3 days by default.
/var/log/cinder/cinder-api.log	Logs Cinder API service activity.
/var/log/cinder/cinder-scheduler.log	Logs Cinder Scheduler service activity.
/var/log/cinder/cinder-volume.log	Logs Cinder volume service activity.
/var/log/glance/glance-api.log	Logs Glance API service activity.
/var/log/glance/glance-registry.log	Logs Glance registry service activity.
/var/log/glance/manage.log	Logs Glance service general activity.
/var/log/heat/heat-api.log	Logs Heat API service activity.
/var/log/heat/heat-api-cfn.log	Logs Heat service general activity.
/var/log/heat/heat-api-cloudwatch.log	Logs Heat service general activity.
/var/log/heat/heat-engine.log	Logs Heat engine service activity.
/var/log/keystone/keystone.log	Logs Keystone service general activity.
/var/log/keystone/keystone-manage.log	Logs Keystone manage service activity.
/var/log/neutron/neutron-server.log	Logs Neutron server service activity.
/var/log/nova/nova-api.log	Logs Nova API service activity.
/var/log/nova/nova-conductor.log	Logs Nova conductor service activity.
/var/log/nova/nova-consoleauth.log	Logs Nova consoleauth service activity.
/var/log/nova/nova-manage.log	Logs Nova manage service activity.
/var/log/nova/nova-mksproxy.log	Logs Nova mksproxy service activity.
/var/log/nova/nova-novncproxy.log	Logs Nova novncproxy service activity.
/var/log/nova/nova-scheduler.log	Logs Nova scheduler service activity.

Table 3. Database Logs

File Name	Description
/var/log/rabbitmq/[email protected]	Logs general RabbitMQ database activity.
/var/log/rabbitmq/shutdown_log	Logs RabbitMQ service shut-down activity.
/var/log/rabbitmq/startup_log	Logs RabbitMQ service start-up activity.
/var/log/syslog	General database logging including MySQL logging.

Table 4. Compute Logs

File Name	Description
/var/log/ceilometer/ceilometer-agent-compute.log	Logs Ceilometer agent activity.
/var/log/nova/nova-compute.log	Logs Nova compute service activity.
/var/log/nova/nova-manage.log	Logs Nova manager service activity.
/var/log/nova/vmware-vspc.log	Logs VMware Virtual Serial Port Concentrator (VSPC) activity.

Table 5. Load Balancer Logs

File Name	Description
/var/log/haproxy/haproxy.log	Logs HAProxy service activity.