The vCenter PostgreSQL service must log all connection attempts.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-259183	VCPG-80-000110	SV-259183r935453_rule		Medium

Description
For completeness of forensic analysis, it is necessary to track successful and failed attempts to log on to PostgreSQL. Setting "log_connections" to "on" will cause each attempted connection to the server to be logged, as well as successful completion of client authentication. Satisfies: SRG-APP-000503-DB-000350, SRG-APP-000503-DB-000351, SRG-APP-000506-DB-000353, SRG-APP-000508-DB-000358

STIG	Date
VMware vSphere 8.0 vCenter Appliance PostgreSQL Security Technical Implementation Guide	2023-10-29

Details

Check Text ( C-62923r935451_chk )
At the command prompt, run the following command: # /opt/vmware/vpostgres/current/bin/psql -U postgres -A -t -c "SHOW log_connections;" Expected result: on If the output does not match the expected result, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-62832r935452_fix)

A script is included with vCenter to generate a PostgreSQL STIG configuration. At the command prompt, run the following commands: # chmod +x /opt/vmware/vpostgres/current/bin/vmw_vpg_config/vmw_vpg_config.py # /opt/vmware/vpostgres/current/bin/vmw_vpg_config/vmw_vpg_config.py --action stig_enable --pg-data-dir /storage/db/vpostgres # chmod -x /opt/vmware/vpostgres/current/bin/vmw_vpg_config/vmw_vpg_config.py Restart the PostgreSQL service by running the following command: # vmon-cli --restart vmware-vpostgres