Old configurations of fluentd remain in spite of changing "Log Management" settings

Products

• VMware
• VMware Integrated OpenStack

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:

• Although the administrator changes the syslog server or port number via "Log Management", VIO keeps sending syslog to the previously configured server.
• From a result of "viocli get deployment", the new configuration is shown.

LOG ANALYTICS IP   LOG ANALYTICS PORT   READY
10.10.10.20        9000                 12/12

• From fluent.conf, the previous configuration remains in store section.

  <store>
    host 10.10.10.10
    http_method post
    include_tag_key true
    path api/v1/events/ingest
    port 514
    raise_on_error false
    rate_limit_msec 0
    scheme http
    serializer json
    ssl_verify false
    tag_key tag
    @type vmware_loginsight
  </store>

Environment

VMware Integrated Openstack 7.x
VMware Integrated OpenStack 6.x

Cause

This cause is that fluentd pod are NOT re-deployed after changing the configurations.

Resolution

​​​​​This is a known issue happening in VIO 6.x and 7.x.

Workaround:

1. Delete fluentd resource

#osctl delete fluentd fluentd1

2. Reconfigure "Log Management" from VIO Management UI