rsyslog

I have a customer who doesn’t have a syslog server configured in his vSphere environment.  I first recommended we install vRealize Log Insight, it’s a great product and has ton of insightful information when used with vCenter, vSphere and NSX.  But the customer didn’t want to worry about licensing, so we decided to stand up a CentOS rsyslog server to show the power of having a centralized syslog.  This is especially true for NSX installations, I mean using syslog in the DFW alone will save a ton of troubleshooting time. This article assumes you know how to use vi or something similar in the LinuxRead More →