def collectGatewayDiagnostics(connection, zipFilePath):
    '''
        This method will perform a POST request to collect gateway log files and packages them into a ZIP file.

         Args:
         - connection is the connection object that manages the HTTP data transfers between the client and the REST API
         - zipFilePath is the local zip path on the machine that holds the IxLoad instance
    '''
    collectGatewayDiagnosticsUrl = "logs/operations/collectDiagnostics"
    data = {"zipFileLocation": zipFilePath}

    performGenericOperation(connection, collectGatewayDiagnosticsUrl, data)