Redirecting Orchestrator logs to an external server
In this recipe, we will configure the Orchestrator server to send all logs to a centralized Syslog server. This is especially important when using Orchestrator clusters.
Getting ready
You need a Syslog server or a vRealize Log Insight Server as a target.
You may also need access to the Orchestrator appliance OS (SSH).
vRealize Log Insight
When you buy vSphere, you also get licensing for Log Insight for 25 hosts.
If you are using vRealize Log Insight then you should also consider downloading the vRO7 package. You can find some details here:
http://blogs.vmware.com/management/2016/04/vrealize-orchestrator-7-0-content-pack-log-insight.html .
We are now configuring Log Insight to access Orchestrator:
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