| Disclaimer: This is not officially supported by VMware yet. This should be considered as a stop-gap / work-around solution for time being. |
| PAGE CONTENTS |
| What is Google Cloud VMware Engine? (GCVE) |
| Assumption |
| Goal |
| Pre-Requisites |
| Step-by-Step Guide |
What is Google Cloud VMware Engine? (GCVE)
Google Cloud VMware Engine is a fully managed service that lets you run the VMware platform in Google Cloud. VMware Engine includes vSphere, vCenter, vSAN, NSX-T, HCX, and corresponding tools, so it’s fully compatible with your existing VMware tools, processes, and skills training. For more details visit the official documentation page here
Assumption: You have VMware Aria Operations for Logs On-Premise (vRealize Log Insight on-premise) and SDDC deployed in Google Cloud VMware Engine.
Goal:
- How to forward GCVE SDDC logs to vRealize Log Insight On-Premise Instance / VMware Aria Operations for Logs.
- Forward SDDC GCVE Logs from On-Premise vRealize Log Insight to vRealize Log Insight Cloud by using On-Premise Collectors.
Pre-Requisites for On-Premise Aria Operations for Logs (vRealize Log Insight On-Premise)
- Deploy vRealize Suite Life Cycle Manager : Official Documentation Here.
- Deploy vRealize Log Insight by Using vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager: Official Documentation.
- Using solution user accounts in GCVE SDDC
- VMware Engine also creates user accounts with administrative privileges that you can use for the third-party tools and products
- Prepare a Solution User Account in vSphere SDDC GCVE: Refer to Official Documentation
Step-by-Step Guide
- Login into vRealize Log Insight On-Premise Instance.
- Click on Integration > vSphere
- Click on + ADD VCENTER SERVER
- Fill and Choose as shown above. Ensure that you are using “solution-user-01@gve.local” account (or any solution user accounts that you have prepared). Click SAVE button
- You may note that the connection is successful. vCenter & ESXi hosts have been configured successfully to send logs from SDDC GCVE to vRealize Log Insight On-Premise Instance.
- You may see in the above screenshot that the vSphere Integration is Successful for GCVE SDDC. Validate further by clicking on ESXi hosts configured (View Details).
- Forwarding logs from GCVE SDDC to vRealize Log Insight On-Premise Instance is completed.
Forward SDDC GCVE Logs from On-Premise vRealize Log Insight to vRealize Log Insight Cloud by using On-Premise Collectors.
- Login to VMware Cloud Service Console. https://console.cloud.vmware.com
- Launch Service : vRealize Log Insight Cloud.
- Click on Configuration > API Keys. Click NEW API KEY . Provide a Unique Name & click Create
- Copy the Url, Key to a secure place.
- Now go to vRealize Log Insight On-Premise Instance. Click on Log Management > Cloud Forwarding > click on + NEW CHANNEL
- Fill above as displayed. Read Official Documentation on On-Premise Collector for vRealize Log Insight Cloud. This has information on Ready Only, Worker Count, etc. Click SAVE button.
- Give it a couple of minutes and then again go back to Log Management > Cloud Forwarding
- You may note in the above image, we have now successfully configured On-Premise Collector in vRealize Log Insight On-Premise Instance. You can observe above :
- 10,607 events have been forwarded to Log Insight Cloud
- On average 63.52 events per second have been forwarded.
- Let us validate the On-Premise Collector on VMware Cloud Service Console > Log Insight Cloud
- Click on Cloud Proxies > On-Premise Collectors.
- Note in the above image, that the On-Premise Collector that we configured in Cloud Forwarding in On-Premise Log Insight is reflected here in Log Insight Cloud. The configuration is successful.