Getting events "Request: GET /apigw/ws HTTP/1.1" inside localhost_access logs of the vCenter Server Appliance

Products

• VMware vCenter Server

Issue/Introduction

Events like below are seen inside the var/log/vmware/applmgmt/localhost_access_log of the vCenter Server Appliance.

Request: GET /apigw/ws HTTP/1.1 | Status:

Environment

VMware vCenter Server
VMware vSphere Cloud Foundation 

Cause

Apigw is like a gateway to access an extensive set of internal APIs' which have their own set of responses. The log "Request: GET /apigw/ws HTTP/1.1" confirms an internal API call reaching out to a web socket of another internal component. 

Resolution

These log entries and various other similar API calls invocations are expected to be seen as a part of various internal operations.