When you log in to the vRealize Log Insight Web user interface, the functionality that you can access depends on the roles assigned to your user account. The permissions associated with the roles determine whether you can view or edit specific information.
For information about roles and their corresponding permissions, see Create and Modify Roles in Administering vRealize Log Insight
The Dashboards Page
The Dashboards page contains custom dashboards and content pack dashboards. In the Dashboards page, you can view graphs of log events in your environment, or create your custom sets of widgets to access the information that matters most to you.
You can access the Dashboards page if your user account is associated with a role that has the Dashboards permission. You can view or edit all or some dashboard features, depending on the sub-categories and corresponding access levels selected for the permission.
The Explore Logs Page
In the Explore Logs page, you can search and filter log events, and create queries to extract events based on timestamp, text, source, and fields in log events. vRealize Log Insight presents charts of the query results. You can save these charts to look them up later in the Dashboards page.
You can access the Explore Logs page if your user account is associated with a role that has the Explore Logs permission. You can view or edit all or some features of Explore Logs, depending on the sub-categories and corresponding access levels selected for the permission.
The Log Sources Section
Under the Log Sources section, you can find pages with instructions for configuring various log sources such as Fluentd, Docker, Kubernetes, and so on.
You can access the Log Sources section if your user account is associated with a role that has the view permission for Management > Agents.
The Alerts Section
Under the Alerts section, you can search for, view, and manage the alerts in your organization.
You can access the Alerts section if your user account is associated with a role that has the Alerts permission. With view access, you can search for and view all the alerts in your organization. With edit or full access, you can also manage alerts.
The Content Packs Page
In the Content Packs page, you can access content packs, which contain dashboards, extracted fields, saved queries, and alerts that are related to a specific product or set of logs.
You can access the Content Packs page if your user account is associated with a role that has the Content Packs permission. With view access, you can search for and view all the content packs in your organization. With edit or full access, you can also import or create content packs.
The Integration Section
Under the Integration section, you can configure vRealize Log Insight to connect to VMware products such as vSphere, vRealize Operations, and NSX Identity Firewall.
You can access the Integration section if your user account is associated with a role that has the Integrations permission. You can view or edit all or some integration configurations, depending on the products and corresponding access levels selected for the permission.
The Log Management Page
In the Log Management page, you can configure log filtering, log masking, log forwarding, and cloud forwarding. You can also create index partitions for log retention and archiving.
You can access the Log Management page if your user account is associated with a role that has the Log Management permission. You can view or edit all or some configurations, depending on the sub-categories and corresponding access levels selected for the permission.
The LI Cloud Page
- Forward logs from vRealize Log Insight to vRealize Log Insight Cloud.
- Retain your logs for a longer period and retrieve them when required, by archiving them in S3 buckets.
- Ingest logs from multiple log sources that vRealize Log Insight Cloud supports.
- Use KB insights to view common errors and their solutions. KB insights use machine learning to detect anomalies in the ingested logs, and provide recommendations to resolve the issues by using the knowledge base created by the VMware community.
All users can access the LI Cloud page.
The Management Section
Under the Management section, you can monitor vRealize Log Insight, manage clusters, configure hosts, agents, and access control for user accounts, and manage event export tasks, shared dashboard URLs, certificates, and your license.
You can access the Management section if your user account is associated with a role that has the Management permission. You can view or edit all or some features, depending on the sub-categories and corresponding access levels selected for the permission.
The Configuration Section
Under the Configuration section, you can update the general and time settings. You can also configure SSL, authentication, and an outgoing SMTP server for email notifications.
You can access the Configuration section if your user account is associated with a role that has the Configuration permission. You can view or edit all or some features, depending on the sub-categories and corresponding access levels selected for the permission.
