The WebSphere Liberty Server must allocate JVM log record storage capacity in accordance with organization-defined log record storage requirements.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-250343	IBMW-LS-000830	SV-250343r795113_rule		Medium

Description
JVM logs are logs used to store application and runtime related events, rather than audit related events. They are mainly used to diagnose application or runtime bugs. However, they are useful for providing more context when correlated with audit related events. By default, Liberty automatically logs the console.log, messages.log, and trace.log but these default settings must be validated.

STIG	Date
IBM WebSphere Liberty Server Security Technical Implementation Guide	2021-08-30

Details

Check Text ( C-53778r795080_chk )
Review the ${server.config.dir}/bootstrap.properties file, verify console logging is not turned off. If the property com.ibm.ws.logging.console.log.level=OFF, this is a finding. Review the ${server.config.dir}/server.xml file and verify the logging traceSpecification setting is configured according to system capacity requirements. If the logging traceSpecification settings are not configured, this is a finding. EXAMPLE:

Check Text ( C-53778r795080_chk )

Review the ${server.config.dir}/bootstrap.properties file, verify console logging is not turned off. If the property com.ibm.ws.logging.console.log.level=OFF, this is a finding.

Review the ${server.config.dir}/server.xml file and verify the logging traceSpecification setting is configured according to system capacity requirements. If the logging traceSpecification settings are not configured, this is a finding.

EXAMPLE:

Fix Text (F-53732r795112_fix)
Edit the bootstrap.properties file and configure the com.ibm.ws.logging.console.log.level=ON. Edit the ${server.config.dir}/server.xml file. Configure in accordance with local policy and system storage limits. EXAMPLE: , where maxFileSize is set to the maximum file size defined in local policy and maxFiles is set to the maximum number of historical files defined in local policy and in accordance with system storage limits.

Fix Text (F-53732r795112_fix)

Edit the bootstrap.properties file and configure the com.ibm.ws.logging.console.log.level=ON.

Edit the ${server.config.dir}/server.xml file. Configure in accordance with local policy and system storage limits.

EXAMPLE:
,

where maxFileSize is set to the maximum file size defined in local policy and maxFiles is set to the maximum number of historical files defined in local policy and in accordance with system storage limits.