Introduction

vRealize Log lnsight provides scalable log management with native vSphere support and third-party extensibility. Its intuitive UI enables simple interactive searches and deep analytical queries.

During VMware Cloud Foundation bring-up, SDDC Manager deploys and configures the vRealize Log Insight virtual appliance. From your deployed vRealize Log Insight instance, you can view and analyze logs to help with diagnostics, troubleshooting, and trend analysis.

The bring-up process also installs and configures content packs in the vRealize Log Insight instance. Content packs provide dashboards, extracted fields, predefined queries, and alerts that are related to the content pack's product or set of logs. When you launch the vRealize Log Insight Web interface, the installed content packs are ready for use.

vRealize Log Insight content packs are available on the VMware Solutions Exchange.

Access vRealize Log Insight

Access vRealize Log Insight as follows.

Caution: Do not change the password of the admin account within the vRealize Log Insight Web interface. Unpredictable results can occur.

1. From the SDDC Manager Dashboard, open the vRealize Log Insight Web interface.

2. If the vRealize Log Insight login screen is displayed, log in with the appropriate credentials:

• If you are using an account that was set up for you in vRealize Log Insight, use those credentials to log in.
• If you are launching the interface for the first time after the initial bring-up process, use the username admin and the randomized password that was set when the passwords were rotated at the end of the bring-up process. Then use the vRealize Log Insight Web interface to assign permissions to your superuser account and other user accounts.