If you’re here, you’ve probably already found VMKB2092228 and been frustrated by the lack of an easy and consistent way to configure all the NSX components to send log data. Me too.
I put together a vRO workflow to help configure (and reconfigure) syslog on NSX.
- It prompts for the NSX manager connection info and Syslog server info
- Creates a REST host for the NSX manager using the admin super-user account
- Adds several REST operations to the NSX Manager REST host
- Deletes and readds the syslog configuration on the NSX Manager
- Optionally configures Activity Monitoring on the NSX Manager
- Identifies each running Controller; deletes and readds the syslog config on each
- Identifies each deployed and “Green” Edge (including DLRs); deletes and readds the syslog config on each
- Removes the NSX Manager REST host created earlier
Notes
- It must use the NSX Manager admin account – it’s the only superuser account that can update teh manager config.
- If a Controller is not running when the workflow runs, its syslog config will not be updated
- If an Edge’ state is not “green” or is not fully deployed, its syslog config will not be updated
- REST-HTTP plugin for vRO is required
- Tested with vRO 6.0.2 and NSX 6.2.1
- Get the package Download Here
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- Import package into vRO
- Run the ConfigureSyslogNSX workflow
Workflow Step 1 
Workflow Step 2
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