VMware vCenter

Note
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 Traces
Linux
Windows
macOS

Prerequisites 

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

  • 7.5
  • 7.0
  • 6.7

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.