VIC Container Management Portal Stops Showing Console Logs After 30 Minutes

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:

Logs disappear in Admiral for containers after about 30 minutes.




Restarting the container shows the console logs again temporarily.

Environment

VMware vSphere Integrated Containers 1.x

Resolution

This is a known issue at this time and will be addressed in future versions of the product.

 

 

Workaround:
Use the docker client to view the container logs.

From docker client run the following:
      
       docker -H <VCH_IP>:2376 --tls ps

      Make note of the CONTAINER ID of the container you need to review the logs for.
   
      docker -H <VCH_IP>:2376 --tls logs <CONTAINTER ID>

Additional Information

Primary page for vSphere Integrated Containers:
https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere-Integrated-Containers/index.html

Container Commands:
https://vmware.github.io/vic-product/assets/files/html/1.4/vic_app_dev/container_operations.html#container

Docker logs commands:
https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/logs/