To configure Aria Operations for Logs, follow these steps.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the primary node as the default admin user.
  2. In the top right of the home page, select Administration.
  3. In the left pane of the Administration page, select License and enter the license number in the right pane.
  4. Click Time and synchronize the time on the Aria Operations for Logs appliance with the NTP server.
  5. Enable the Aria Operations for Logs Integrated Load Balancer by following the instructions in Working with an Integrated Load Balancer.
  6. Click vSphere, enter the management vCenter Server FQDN and login credentials, and verify that the connection is successful.
  7. Select the Collect vCenter Server events, tasks, and alarms and then Configure ESXi hosts to send logs to Log Insight options.
  8. Save the configuration and repeat the process for the compute vCenter Server. See Connect Aria Operations for Logs to a vSphere Environment.
  9. If Aria Operations is already installed, complete this step. If it is not installed, install Aria Operations, and then return to complete these steps.
    1. In the left pane, click Aria Operations, enter the management vCenter Server FQDN and login credentials, and verify that the connection is successful.
    2. Select the Enable alerts integration and Enable launch in context options.
    3. Save the configuration and repeat the process for the compute vCenter Server. See Using Aria Operations with Aria Operations for Logs.
  10. Install the following required content packs to monitor the events, alerts, and queries related to a specific product or set of logs. You can install the packs from Marketplace without leaving the Aria Operations for Logs UI. See Install a Content Pack from the Content Pack Marketplace.

    • VMware Aria Operations for Logs Content Pack for NSX.

    • VMware Aria Operations for Logs Content Pack for Aria Automation Orchestrator.

    • VMware Aria Operations for Logs Content Pack for Aria Operations for Networks.

    The following content packs are already included with Aria Operations for Logs.

    • VMware Aria Operations for Logs Content Pack for vCenter Server.

    • VMware Aria Operations for Logs Content Pack for Aria Operations.

    • VMware Aria Operations for Logs Content Pack for vSAN

  11. Install and configure Aria Operations for Logs Linux and Windows agents. For more information, see Overview of Aria Operations for Logs Agents.

    Aria Operations for Logs agents collect the events and log files from Linux and Windows machines to forward to the Aria Operations for Logs Management server.