Software on a machine that sends its logs (files, journald or the Windows event log) to VCF Operations for logs via syslog or CFAPI, getting its settings centrally and updating itself.
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Terms in this definition
- Event log
Two different things share the name. A Lakeflow pipeline writes one you can query for progress, lineage and data quality metrics; a compute resource has an Event log tab showing its lifecycle, for example resizing or losing spot nodes, kept for 60 days.
- VCF Operations for logs
VCF add-on for collecting and analysing logs, deployed through fleet management as one node or a three-node cluster. Anyone moving from Aria Operations for Logs deploys it afresh rather than upgrading.
- Veeam Infrastructure Appliance
A hardened, minimal Linux (JeOS) ISO for running backup proxies, repositories and hardened repositories. It connects to a backup server but does not host one.
- Syslog
Table in Log Analytics holding syslog messages from Linux.
- CFAPI
Over HTTPS (9543/TCP) or HTTP (9000/TCP), this native API lets VCF Operations for logs ingest events as they are, without them needing to follow syslog RFCs.