In this post we will walk through integrating vRealize Automation with vRealize Log Insight to monitor and collect events for the vRA management stack. The following example we will be based on vRealize 7.3 with Log Insight 4.5, but the process has been validated with vRealize 7.x and Log Insight 4.x. If you do not already have Log Insight installed see the vRealize Log Insight Install Guide, if you are also using NSX see the NSX with Log Insight Integration Guide.
The configuration process consists of installing the management pack for Log Insight, installing the Log Insight agent on the Windows components, configuring the built-in Log Insight agent on the vRealize Automation appliances, and creating Log Insight templates and filters to gather the required information.
Management Pack Installation
Browse to the IP address or FQDN of the Log Insight instance and log in using the admin account. From the drop-down menu in the top right select Content Packs and Marketplace. Locate VMware – vRA 7 and click Install.
The management pack is now installed, review the Setup Instructions and click Ok.
Log Insight Agent Installation
From the drop-down menu in the top right again, select Administration. Under Management open the Agents page.
Select Download Log Insight Agent. Select the Windows MSI and copy the file to the Windows servers in the vRA management stack, in this case the IaaS Web and Manager servers, DEM, and Agent servers.
- Right click and Install the file.
- Accept the license terms and click Next.
- Confirm the Log Insight server is auto-populated and click Next.
- The install will now run. Click Finish once complete.
Go back to the Agents page in the Log Insight web interface. You should see the servers start populating the detected agents table. Next we’ll configure the built-in Log Insight agent on the vRA appliances. If you need to re-install or upgrade the built-in agent see this KB.
Open an SSH connection to the vRA appliance using an SSH client such as Putty. If SSH is not enabled on the appliance you can configure this by browsing to https://yourappliance:5480 and enabling SSH under the Admin tab.
Browse to the correct location cd /etc
View the liagent configuration file more liagent.ini
Edit the file, press the insert key to start typing vi liagent.ini
Remove the semi-colon that is commenting out the hostname, protocol, and port lines. Enter the hostname of the Log Insight instance, leave the protocol and ports with the default settings. To save and exit the file use :wq
Restart the Log Insight service service liagentd restart
Log Insight Configuration
Log back in to the Log Insight web UI. Now that the agents are all installed or configured you should see the corresponding servers populating the agents table under Administration, Management, Agents.
Click the drop-down arrow next to All Agents. Locate the vRealize Automation 7 – Windows template and click Copy Template. In the filter field add the Windows servers running vRA components with the Log Insight agent installed. Scroll down to the Agent Configuration and review the build settings if you want to configure specific event collections or if you need to change the default install path for vRA. Click Save New Group.
Locate the vRealize Automation 7 – Linux template and click Copy Template. Repeat the process this time adding the vRA appliances to the configuration. Once complete you should have templates configured to monitor all servers in the vRA management stack.
Go back to Dashboards. Under VMware – vRA 7 you will start to see events being collected by Log Insight.
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