HAProxy must use the httplog option.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-89195	VRAU-HA-000380	SV-99845r1_rule		Medium

Description
If time stamps are not consistently applied and there is no common time reference, it is difficult to perform forensic analysis across multiple devices and log records. Time stamps generated by the web server include date and time. Time is commonly expressed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), a modern continuation of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), or local time with an offset from UTC.

STIG	Date
VMW vRealize Automation 7.x HA Proxy Security Technical Implementation Guide	2018-10-12

Details

Check Text ( C-88887r1_chk )
At the command prompt, execute the following command: grep -E 'option\s+httplog' /etc/haproxy/haproxy.cfg If the command does not return a line, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-95937r2_fix)
Navigate to and open /etc/haproxy/haproxy.cfg Navigate to the defaults section. Add "option httplog" to the "defaults" section.