Configure logging for NSX components according to a deployment plan
1: Configure Syslog on NSX Manager
To configure NSX manager to send logs to a centralized syslog server, login to NSX manager UI and click on “Manage Appliance Settings”
Under Syslog server click on Edit button
Punch in your syslog server IP and port 514 and select UDP as protocol and hit OK.
Post configuring syslog on NSX manager, I verified that it is forwarding the logs to syslog manager.
Configure Syslog on NSX Controllers
There is no method available from GUI to set syslog settings on NSX controller and you can only set it via Rest API. The steps of configuring syslog on controllers via Rest API is explained on page 57 of NSX API Guide
1: Get a list of deployed controllers: You can fire below API call to get list of all the deployed controllers
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Method : GET URL : https://NSXMGR-FQDN/api/2.0/vdn/controller Accept : application/xml |
You will get details of all the deployed controllers (if you have more than one).… Read More