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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

Orchestrator log files


In this recipe, we will have a closer look at the Orchestrator log file. Where they are and how to configure them.

Getting ready

You need access to the Orchestrator Control Center.

You also need SSH root access to the Orchestrator appliance. See the recipe Tuning the appliance in this chapter.

How to do it...

As log files are a bigger theme, this section is split up into multiple parts.

Server log in Control Center

The server log can be directly shown in the Control Center:

  1. Login to Control Center.

  2. Click on Live Log Stream. The server log is then shown.

  3. Entering a search string into the Search window will trigger a highlighting function.

  4. Click on Filter (grep) to only show entries that contain the search string.

  5. Use View full screen to show the log in full-screen mode.

Configuring the server log with the Control Center

We will now configure the server log behavior:

  1. Login to Control Center.

  2. Click on Configure Logs.

  3. The Log level defines the log level threshold. You select which log...