Log locations for VMware vRealize Automation

Products

• VMware Aria Suite

Issue/Introduction

This article provides information about the log file locations and contents for VMware vRealize Automation 8.x

Environment

VMware vRealize Automation 8.3.x

Resolution

The log locations are spread across multiple locations depending on the architecture of your vRealize Automation environment. These are the log locations and generic log content.
 

Server	Log location	Log purpose
vRealize Automation Appliance	/services-logs/{namespace}/{service}/file-logs/{container}.log	vRA logs for user-facing services
vRealize Automation Appliance	/services-logs/{namespace}/{service}/console-logs/{container}.log	vRA Stdout logs for user-facing services and all logs from infrastructure services
vRealize Automation Appliance	/services-logs/logging/*	Fluentd and migration logs
vRealize Automation Appliance	/var/log/deploy.log	VA Deploy log
vRealize Automation Appliance	/var/log/bootstrap/{firstboot, everyboot, preupdate, postupdate}.log	vRA Bootstrap logs
vRealize Automation Appliance	/var/log/loginsight-agent/*	vRA Log Insight Agent logs
vRealize Automation Appliance	/var/log/journal/*	VA level system service logs. Use journalctl to access
vRealize Automation Appliance	/var/log/vmware/prelude/*	vRA Service status, disk usage and helm logs