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BOSH | BOSH CLI | Quick Reference

Obtain Logs

Obtaining Logs from the BOSH Director.
Start by logging into your Ops Manager via SSH. If using vSphere, use your admin password and ubuntu as a username

~$ ssh [email protected]

Next, through the Ops Manager GUI, select the BOSH Director tile and make a note of the (2) following items:

• IP Address: Under the status tab, record the IP Address of your BOSH Director
• Username/Password: Under the credentials tab, record the Username and Password from vm credentials

Now, using your ops manager ssh session, log in the BOSH Director like so:

~$ ssh {vm_credentials_username}@{bosh_director_ip}
>{vm_credentials_password}
ie.
~$ ssh [email protected]

Finally we can obtain the logs we need. Let's start by bundling them into a tar ball into vcap's home directory and then making vcap owner.

~$ sudo -i
~$ tar zcvhf /home/vcap/bosh_logs.tgz /var/vcap/sys/log
~$ chown vcap:vcap /home/vcap/bosh_logs.tgz

Lastly, SCP these to the ops manager so that you can then scp them to your local machine. You could also directly ssh/sftp/ftp them if you have such available and are familiar with the steps.

~$ scp /home/vcap/bosh_logs.tgz [email protected]:"/home/ubuntu/"

Finally copying the bosh_logs onto your local machine. In this example i'm using a mac and have disconnected from the bosh director and ops man.

[~] scp [email protected]:"/home/ubuntu/bosh_logs.tgz" /Users/John/Downloads/