In Log Insight 2.0 a clustering feature was introduced. This feature made it possible to go above the configuration maximums of a single node, however…
VMworld 2015 Session Voting Now Open
It is that time of the year again, the VMworld 2015 session voting is now open!!! Read on to learn some interesting statistics for this…
Log Insight Ingestion API: Always using the Client Timestamp
If you remember reason 9 from my 12 reasons why you should use the Log Insight agent post then you may be wondering how you…
How to Change the Default Ports on Log Insight
By default, Log Insight is configured listen on the following ports: UI: 80/443 Syslog: 514/1514/6514 CFAPI: 9000/9543 The question becomes, how do you change these…
12 Reasons Why You Should Use The Log Insight Integrated Load Balancer
I have already talked about the differences between the ILB and an ELB, but I have heard requests for specific reasons why the ILB should…
Log Insight: Retention Period
From time-to-time, I receive a question asking what the current retention period is for a LI instance. In this post, I will discuss how Log…
How to Mass Deploy the Log Insight Windows Agent
I have been asked a few time how to mass deploy the Log Insight Windows agent and thought I would share this documentation link, which…
Log Insight: Ingestion API versus Syslog Protocol Part 2/2
In my last post, I talked about the differences between how events are displayed over the syslog protocol, which has a strict format structure, and…
Log Insight: Ingestion API versus Syslog Protocol Part 1/2
As you know, Log Insight introduced an ingestion API with the 2.0 release. This ingestion API can be used by anyone, but is leveraged by…
Heads Up! JRE Update For All Log Insight Versions
VMware released a JRE security update applicable to ALL versions of Log Insight. Read on to learn more!