VMware vCenter

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.

*required field