vCD Log Files

Here is a list of inportant log files in vCD and a brief description. The can be found at /opt/vmware/cloud-director/logs

• yyyy-mm-dd.request.log - This shows all the HTTP requests that have come from the user interface or the API. Very useful to run tail -f on this file to see where connections for users are going to.
• cell.log - shows information for when the vCD cell is starting up. You can use tail -f on this file to watch the vCD cell start up, you will see the % progress. The cell can be started using command service vmware-vcd start, and stopped using command service vmware-vcd stop.
• vcloud-container-debug.log - Debug level messages
• vcloud-container-info.log - Information, warning and error messages for this vCD cell
• vmware-vcd-watchdog.log - Brief message showing the last time the cell was started
• diagnostics.log - Empty unless diagnostics logging is enabled in the local logging configuration