The VMware Cloud Foundation 3.10 bring-up process installs and configures the vRealize Log Insight agent in the SDDC Manager appliance. Validate that the vRealize Log Insight аgent in the SDDC Manager appliance is configured to forward logs to the newly deployed vRealize Suite 2019 vRealize Log Insight.

Procedure

  1. Log in to SDDC Manager by using a Secure Shell (SSH) client.
    Setting Value
    FQDN sfo01mgr01.sfo01.rainpole.local
    User name vcf
    Password vcf_password
  2. Validate the vRealize Log Insight agent configuration on SDDC Manager appliance.
    1. View the liagent.ini file on SDDC Manager node. 
      cat /var/lib/loginsight-agent/liagent.ini
    1. Locate the [server] section and verify that the value of the hostname parameter is sfo01vrli01.sfo01.rainpole.local, and that the values for protocol, port, and ssl are set as follows. 
      [server]
; Log Insight server hostname or ip address
; If omitted the default value is LOGINSIGHT
hostname=sfo01vrli01.sfo01.rainpole.local
; Set protocol to use:
; cfapi - Log Insight REST API
; syslog - Syslog protocol
; If omitted the default value is cfapi
;
proto=cfapi
; Log Insight server port to connect to. If omitted the default value is:
; for syslog: 512
; for cfapi without ssl: 9000
; for cfapi with ssl: 9543
port=9000
;ssl - enable/disable SSL. Applies to cfapi protocol only.
; Possible values are yes or no. If omitted the default value is no.
ssl=no
; Time in minutes to force reconnection to the server
; If omitted the default value is 30
;reconnect=30
    2. If you made changes in the liagent.ini file, run the command to restart the vRealize Log Insight agent on the node. 
      /etc/init.d/liagentd restart
    1. Run the command to verify that the vRealize Log Insight agent is running. 
      /etc/init.d/liagentd status