VCF SDDC Manager Errors

Extract recent critical SDDC Manager and vCenter error logs from Aria Operations for Logs to assist with VCF troubleshooting.

Security Scan

The skill's requirements and runtime instructions align with its stated purpose of querying Aria Operations for Logs (Log Insight) for recent errors; it's coherent, but note a TLS-insecure curl flag and general token-handling cautions.

Purpose & Capability

Name/description, required env vars (LOGINSIGHT_HOST, LOGINSIGHT_API_TOKEN), and required binaries (curl, jq) align with the stated purpose of querying Aria Operations for Logs. Nothing requested appears unrelated to extracting Log Insight events.

Instruction Scope

The SKILL.md stays within scope: it checks for the declared env vars, issues a direct API request to the declared LOGINSIGHT_HOST, and parses the JSON with jq. Two operational cautions: (1) the example curl uses -k (insecure; bypasses TLS certificate validation) which weakens transport security, and (2) the query uses a generic keyword=error and no source or severity filters, so returned entries may include unrelated or noisy results—this is functional but worth tightening for accuracy.

Install Mechanism

Instruction-only skill with no install spec and no code files — minimal surface area and no disk writes or third-party downloads are performed by the skill itself.

Credentials

Only LOGINSIGHT_HOST and LOGINSIGHT_API_TOKEN are required (primaryEnv set appropriately), which is proportional for this integration. Reminder: the API token is sensitive—avoid exposing it in logs or chat, restrict the token's scope and rotate regularly.

Persistence & Privilege

always:false and no install/persistence steps. The skill does not request elevated or persistent system privileges and does not modify other skills or system config.

Assessment

This skill appears to do what it says: it calls your Log Insight API using LOGINSIGHT_HOST and LOGINSIGHT_API_TOKEN and returns recent error events. Before installing, confirm you are comfortable providing an API token via environment variables, ensure the token has least privilege and is rotated, and consider removing the -k flag so TLS certs are validated (or only use -k in isolated, trusted networks). Also consider tightening the API query (filter by source or severity) to avoid noisy/irrelevant results and avoid pasting sensitive log contents or tokens into public channels.

Query VCF Critical Errors

When the user asks to find recent errors, investigate failures, or troubleshoot SDDC Manager workflows, follow these steps:

1. Verify Credentials: Ensure LOGINSIGHT_HOST and LOGINSIGHT_API_TOKEN are available in the environment.
2. Query Recent Errors: Use the exec tool to run the following command. This queries the Log Insight API for recent log entries containing the keyword "error" specifically originating from SDDC Manager or related VCF components:

   curl -s -k -X GET "https://$LOGINSIGHT_HOST/api/v1/events?keyword=error&limit=10" \
     -H "Authorization: Bearer $LOGINSIGHT_API_TOKEN" \
     -H "Accept: application/json" | jq '.events[]? | {timestamp, source, text}'
   

3. Format and Analyze Output: * Parse the returned JSON payload.
   • Present the logs to the user in a clean, readable format (e.g., bulleted list or table) showing the Timestamp, Source, and the exact Error Text.
   • Provide a brief, logical assessment of what might be failing in the VCF environment based on the context of the error messages. If no errors are found, let the user know the recent workflows appear clean.