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VMware vRealize Orchestrator Cookbook - Second Edition

By : Daniel Langenhan
Book Image

VMware vRealize Orchestrator Cookbook - Second Edition

By: Daniel Langenhan

Overview of this book

VMware vRealize Orchestrator is a powerful automation tool designed for system administrators and IT operations staff who are planning to streamline their tasks and are waiting to integrate the functions with third-party operations software. This book is an update to VMware vRealize Orchestrator Cookbook and is blend of numerous recipes on vRealize Orchestrator 7. This book starts with installing and configuring vRealize Orchestrator. We will demonstrate how to upgrade from previous versions to vRealize Orchestrator 7. You will be taught all about orchestrator plugins and how to use and develop various plugins that have been enhanced in Orchestrator 7. Throughout this book, you will explore the new features of Orchestrator 7, such as the introduction of the control center, along with its uses. You will also come to understand visual programming, how to integrate base plugins into workflows, and how to automate VMware. You will also get to know how to troubleshoot vRealize Orchestrator. By the end of this book, you will be able to get the most out of your Orchestrator installation, and will be able to develop complex workflows and create your own highly integrated automations of vRealize environments.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
VMware vRealize Orchestrator Cookbook Second Edition
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface

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:

  1. Log into the vRealize Log Insight website.

  2. Click in the upper right corner and select Content Packs.

  3. Select the VMware - Orchestrator content pack:

  4. Tick the install tickbox and then on Install.

How to do it...

The redirection of Syslog became much easier...