Virtual Router to output logs to Cloudstack Mgmt Server, so Operator can monitor via Zabbix, Loki or other system #10164

ISSUE TYPE

• Feature Idea

COMPONENT NAME

VR, Cloudstack Mgmt

CLOUDSTACK VERSION

4.19.0

CONFIGURATION

OS / ENVIRONMENT

SUMMARY

When a VR is created, the logs are only being output within the VM, which makes it very difficult to monitor.

When an issue occurs, it is likely the cloud operator would reboot or clean up the router, resulting the VR being recreated and logs being lost. But this is done to restore the services with as little downtime as possible.

It would be great to have the VR output logs back to a central location in Cloudstack Management. Then, using some sort of log monitoring tool (Zabbix, Grafana Loki, Wazuh SIEM), we can monitor logs of all VRs created to lookout for key words which may signify an issue.

This can also lead to potential future automations such as: 'If Keyword exist, cleanup VPC' via some self built automation service that talks to Cloudstack APIs.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE

NA

EXPECTED RESULTS

NA

ACTUAL RESULTS

Difficult for Cloud Operator to manage and monitor VR and the logs.