With the latest October release, vRLI Cloud added support for REST-based Public API Support.
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What is PowervRLICloud?
PowervRLICloud is a PowerShell module that abstracts the VMware vRealize LogInsight Cloud APIs to a set of easily used PowerShell functions. This tool provides a comprehensive command-line environment for managing your VMware vRealize LogInsight Cloud environment
This module is not supported by VMware and comes with no warranties expressed or implied. Please test and validate its functionality before using this product in a production environment.
Key Features
Ease of Use
- Built on top of PowerShell which is a widely used CLI
- Easy to use cmdlets (21) to script common tasks
- Easy Install as it is Published on PowerShell Gallery
Cross Platform Install
- Support for PowerShell Core which allows it to run across macOS, Windows & Linux
Inbuilt Help
- HTML File for UI Users
- Command line Users can use Get-help
Open Source
- Build for Community Source Code is GitHub
- Anyone can Contribute
Getting Started
Pre-requisites
You need to have the following pre-requisites
- vRealize LogInsight Cloud API Token
- PowerShellVersion = ‘6.0’ and Above
Install from PowerShell Gallery
You can install directly from Powershell Gallery by executing the following command
Install-Module -Name PowervRLICloud
Quick Examples
Quick Examples of how to get started
Example-1
Connect-vRLI-Cloud -APIToken “APIToken”
Example-2
Get-AlertDefinitions | where{$_.name -match “MMTest”}
Example 3
$queryId = Post-Query-Request -SQlQuery “SELECT * FROM logs where log_type = audit ORDER BY ingest_timestamp DESC” -Duration 60
$r = Get-QueryResponse -QueryId $queryId
$r.LogQueryResults
Supported Commands Version 1.0
Artifacts
GitHub
https://github.com/munishpalmakhija/powershell-for-vrealize-loginsight-cloud
Documentation
https://www.munishpalmakhija.com/PowervRLICloudDocumentation.html
Powershell Gallery
https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/PowervRLICloud
Try out vRealize Log Insight Cloud
If you’re not already using vRealize Log Insight Cloud, check out our free 30-daytrial. To learn more about how to use Log Insight Cloud, please check out
- VMware Pathfinder.
- VMware Cloud Management Blogs
- VMware Cloud Management You Tube Channel
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