How to enable Syslog on the VMware/vCenter 6.5

This article describes how to set up a syslog server in a VMware/vCenter 6.5 environment.

  1. Environment

Three VM hosts are managed through vCenter 6.5 and use the VMware Essential version.

2. Service enabled

You must verify that syslog server service is enabled.

3. Firewall setting

VMware/vCenter system can only use UDP 514 and TCP 514/1514.

4. Syslog server setting

You add a host information where syslog message is sending to

UDP://x.x.x.x:514
SSL://x.x.x.x:514 or SSL://x.x.x.x:1514

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