# VMware ESXi

### Supported Platforms

| Platform | Metrics | Logs | Traces |
| -------- | ------- | ---- | ------ |
| Linux    |         | ✓    |        |
| Windows  |         | ✓    |        |
| macOS    |         | ✓    |        |

### Configuration Table

<table><thead><tr><th width="112.421875">Parameter</th><th width="110.109375">Type</th><th width="99.77734375">Default</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>listen_port*</td><td><code>int</code></td><td>5140</td><td>The port to bind to and receive syslog. Collector must be running as root (Linux) or Administrator (windows) when binding to a port below 1024.</td></tr><tr><td>listen_ip</td><td><code>string</code></td><td>"0.0.0.0"</td><td>The IP address to bind to and receive syslog.</td></tr><tr><td>enable_tls</td><td><code>bool</code></td><td>false</td><td>Whether or not to use TLS.</td></tr><tr><td>cert_file</td><td><code>string</code></td><td></td><td>Path to the x509 PEM certificate.</td></tr><tr><td>key_file</td><td><code>string</code></td><td></td><td>Path to the x509 PEM private key.</td></tr></tbody></table>

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