Excessive warning logs from apigw.log being sent to the Syslog server
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Excessive warning logs from apigw.log being sent to the Syslog server

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Article ID: 378091

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Updated On: 03-26-2025

Products

VMware vCenter Server 8.0

Issue/Introduction

  • Excessive apigw.log log events are being sent to the syslog server continuously. 

  • In vCenter /var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/apigw.log file, similar log entries are available.

    [YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM] [WARN ] data-service-pool-784 70028635 101174 200061 ApiGwServicePrincipal [] The token with id '_xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx' for domain vsphere.local(yyyyyyyy_yyyy_yyyy_yyyy_yyyyyyyyyyyy) is unusable (EXPIRED). Will acquire a fresh one.
    [YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM] [WARN ] data-service-pool-784 70028635 101174 200061 ApiGwServicePrincipal [] The token with id '_xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx' for domain vsphere.local(yyyyyyyy_yyyy_yyyy_yyyy_yyyyyyyyyyyy) is unusable (EXPIRED). Will acquire a fresh one.

    [YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM] [WARN ] agw-token-acq1254            ######## ###### 201649 ApiGwServicePrincipal [] The token with id '_xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx' for domain vsphere.local(yyyyyyyy_yyyy_yyyy_yyyy_yyyyyyyyyyyy) is unusable (EXPIRED). Will acquire a fresh one.
    [YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM] [WARN ] -nio-127.0.0.1-5090-exec-387 70308125 118904 ###### ApiGwServicePrincipal [] The token with id '_xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx' for domain vsphere.local(yyyyyyyy_yyyy_yyyy_yyyy_yyyyyyyyyyyy) is unusable (EXPIRED). Will acquire a fresh one.

  • Restarting the "vsphere-ui" stops this logging temporarily, but after couple of days the same issue reoccurs.

Cause

Possible issue with STS causing an endless loop in vsphere-ui service, which is causing the apigw.log filled up with expired token events.

Resolution

This is a known issue with vCenter Server 8.0. Broadcom Engineering Team is actively working towards fixing this issue in a future patch release.

Please contact Broadcom technical support for assistance if you are looking for urgent resolution to this issue.