VSphereAutomation::Appliance::LoggingForwardingApi

All URIs are relative to https://<vcenter>/rest

Method HTTP request Description
get GET /appliance/logging/forwarding Returns the configuration for forwarding log messages to remote logging servers.
set PUT /appliance/logging/forwarding Sets the configuration for forwarding log messages to remote log servers.
test POST /appliance/logging/forwarding?action=test Validates the current log forwarding configuration by checking the liveness of the remote machine and optionally sending a test diagnostic log message from the appliance to all configured logging servers to allow manual end-to-end validation. The message that is sent is: &quot;This is a diagnostic log test message from vCenter Server.&quot;

get

ApplianceLoggingForwardingResult get

Returns the configuration for forwarding log messages to remote logging servers.

Example

# load the gem
require 'vsphere-automation-appliance'
# setup authorization
VSphereAutomation::Configuration.new.tap do |config|
  # Configure API key authorization: api_key
  config.api_key['vmware-api-session-id'] = 'YOUR API KEY'
  # Uncomment the following line to set a prefix for the API key, e.g. 'Bearer' (defaults to nil)
  #config.api_key_prefix['vmware-api-session-id'] = 'Bearer'
end

api_instance = VSphereAutomation::Appliance::LoggingForwardingApi.new

begin
  #Returns the configuration for forwarding log messages to remote logging servers.
  result = api_instance.get
  p result
rescue VSphereAutomation::ApiError => e
  puts "Exception when calling LoggingForwardingApi->get: #{e}"
end

Parameters

This endpoint does not need any parameter.

Return type

ApplianceLoggingForwardingResult

Authorization

api_key

HTTP request headers

  • Content-Type: Not defined
  • Accept: application/json

set

set(request_body)

Sets the configuration for forwarding log messages to remote log servers.

Example

# load the gem
require 'vsphere-automation-appliance'
# setup authorization
VSphereAutomation::Configuration.new.tap do |config|
  # Configure API key authorization: api_key
  config.api_key['vmware-api-session-id'] = 'YOUR API KEY'
  # Uncomment the following line to set a prefix for the API key, e.g. 'Bearer' (defaults to nil)
  #config.api_key_prefix['vmware-api-session-id'] = 'Bearer'
end

api_instance = VSphereAutomation::Appliance::LoggingForwardingApi.new
request_body = Appliance::ApplianceLoggingForwardingSet.new # ApplianceLoggingForwardingSet | 

begin
  #Sets the configuration for forwarding log messages to remote log servers.
  api_instance.set(request_body)
rescue VSphereAutomation::ApiError => e
  puts "Exception when calling LoggingForwardingApi->set: #{e}"
end

Parameters

Name Type Description Notes
request_body ApplianceLoggingForwardingSet

Return type

nil (empty response body)

Authorization

api_key

HTTP request headers

  • Content-Type: application/json
  • Accept: application/json

test

ApplianceLoggingForwardingTestResult test(opts)

Validates the current log forwarding configuration by checking the liveness of the remote machine and optionally sending a test diagnostic log message from the appliance to all configured logging servers to allow manual end-to-end validation. The message that is sent is: \"This is a diagnostic log test message from vCenter Server.\"

Example

# load the gem
require 'vsphere-automation-appliance'
# setup authorization
VSphereAutomation::Configuration.new.tap do |config|
  # Configure API key authorization: api_key
  config.api_key['vmware-api-session-id'] = 'YOUR API KEY'
  # Uncomment the following line to set a prefix for the API key, e.g. 'Bearer' (defaults to nil)
  #config.api_key_prefix['vmware-api-session-id'] = 'Bearer'
end

api_instance = VSphereAutomation::Appliance::LoggingForwardingApi.new
opts = {
  request_body: Appliance::ApplianceLoggingForwardingTest.new # ApplianceLoggingForwardingTest | 
}

begin
  #Validates the current log forwarding configuration by checking the liveness of the remote machine and optionally sending a test diagnostic log message from the appliance to all configured logging servers to allow manual end-to-end validation. The message that is sent is: \"This is a diagnostic log test message from vCenter Server.\"
  result = api_instance.test(opts)
  p result
rescue VSphereAutomation::ApiError => e
  puts "Exception when calling LoggingForwardingApi->test: #{e}"
end

Parameters

Name Type Description Notes
request_body ApplianceLoggingForwardingTest [optional]

Return type

ApplianceLoggingForwardingTestResult

Authorization

api_key

HTTP request headers

  • Content-Type: application/json
  • Accept: application/json