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Rsyslog must be configured to monitor and ship Performance Charts log files.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-239428 VCPF-67-000027 SV-239428r675007_rule Medium
Description
Performance Charts produces a handful of logs that must be offloaded from the originating system. This information can then be used for diagnostic purposes, forensics purposes, or other purposes relevant to ensuring the availability and integrity of the hosted application. Satisfies: SRG-APP-000358-WSR-000163, SRG-APP-000125-WSR-000071
STIG Date
VMware vSphere 6.7 Perfcharts Tomcat Security Technical Implementation Guide 2021-04-15

Details

Check Text ( C-42661r675005_chk )
At the command prompt, execute the following command:

# grep -v "^#" /etc/vmware-syslog/stig-services-perfcharts.conf

Expected result:

input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/perfcharts/localhost_access_log.*.txt"
Tag="perfcharts-localhost_access"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/perfcharts/vmware-perfcharts-runtime.log.std*"
Tag="perfcharts-runtime"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")

If the file does not exist, this is a finding.

If the output of the command does not match the expected result, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-42620r675006_fix)
Navigate to and open /etc/vmware-syslog/stig-services-perfcharts.conf.

Create the file if it does not exist.

Set the contents of the file as follows:

input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/perfcharts/localhost_access_log.*.txt"
Tag="perfcharts-localhost_access"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/perfcharts/vmware-perfcharts-runtime.log.std*"
Tag="perfcharts-runtime"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")