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This feature is available as an add-on for the Honeycomb Enterprise plan. Please contact your Honeycomb account team for details.

Supported Platforms

Platform	Metrics	Logs
Linux	✓	✓
Windows	✓	✓
macOS	✓	✓

Prerequisites

This receiver has been built to support ESXi and vCenter versions:

A “Read Only” user assigned to a vSphere with permissions to the vCenter server, cluster and all subsequent resources being monitored must be specified in order for the receiver to retrieve information about them.

Configuration Table

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
telemetry_types	`telemetrySelector`	`["Logs", "Metrics"]`	Choose Telemetry Type.
endpoint*	`string`		Endpoint to the vCenter Server or ESXi host that has the sdk path enabled. Required. The expected format is `<protocol>://<hostname>` \n \ni.e: `https://vcsa.hostname.localnet`
username*	`string`		Username used to authenticate.
password*	`string`		Password used to authenticate.
tls	`string`		Not Required. Will use defaults for configtls.TLSClientSetting. By default insecure settings are rejected and certificate verification is on.
collection_interval	`int`	60	Sets how often (seconds) to scrape for metrics.

​Supported Platforms

​Prerequisites

​Configuration Table

Supported Platforms

Prerequisites

Configuration Table