Redirect ESXi syslog and coredump over network

Let's assume we have syslog server on IP address [SYSLOG-SERVER] and coredump server at [COREDUMP-SERVER]. Here are CLI commands how to quickly and effectively configure network redirection.

REDIRECT SYSLOG  

esxcli system syslog config set --loghost=udp://[SYSLOG-SERVER]
esxcli network firewall ruleset set --ruleset-id=syslog --enabled=true
esxcli network firewall refresh
esxcli system syslog reload

VERIFY SYSLOG SETTINGS

esxcli system syslog config get

REDIRECT COREDUMP

esxcli system coredump network set --interface-name vmk0 --server-ipv4 [COREDUMP-SERVER] --server-port 6500
esxcli system coredump network set --enable true

VERIFY COREDUMP SETTINGS 

esxcli system coredump network check

By the way, do you know that VMware vCenter Server Appliance works as syslog and coredump server? So why not use it? It is free of charge.

vCenter Log Insight is much better syslog server because you can easily search centralized logs and do some advanced analytic however that's another topic.