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VMware Postgres must have log collection enabled.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-239212 VCPG-67-000020 SV-239212r717063_rule Medium
Description
Without the ability to centrally manage the content captured in the audit records, identification, troubleshooting, and correlation of suspicious behavior would be difficult and could lead to a delayed or incomplete analysis of an ongoing attack. The content captured in audit records must be managed from a central location (necessitating automation). Centralized management of audit records and logs provides for efficiency in maintenance and management of records, as well as the backup and archiving of those records. VMware Postgres is capable of outputting directly to syslog but for performance reasons, the VCSA is configured to ship logs centrally via rsyslog file monitoring. To facilitate that configuration, log files must be generated to disk. Satisfies: SRG-APP-000356-DB-000314, SRG-APP-000356-DB-000315, SRG-APP-000381-DB-000361, SRG-APP-000492-DB-000333, SRG-APP-000495-DB-000326, SRG-APP-000495-DB-000327, SRG-APP-000495-DB-000328, SRG-APP-000495-DB-000329, SRG-APP-000496-DB-000334, SRG-APP-000496-DB-000335, SRG-APP-000499-DB-000330, SRG-APP-000499-DB-000331, SRG-APP-000501-DB-000336, SRG-APP-000501-DB-000337, SRG-APP-000504-DB-000354, SRG-APP-000504-DB-000355, SRG-APP-000507-DB-000356, SRG-APP-000507-DB-000357, SRG-APP-000508-DB-000358, SRG-APP-000492-DB-000332, SRG-APP-000503-DB-000351, SRG-APP-000506-DB-000353
STIG Date
VMware vSphere 6.7 PostgreSQL Security Technical Implementation Guide 2021-04-15

Details

Check Text ( C-42445r679007_chk )
At the command prompt, execute the following command:

# /opt/vmware/vpostgres/current/bin/psql -U postgres -c "SHOW logging_collector;"|sed -n 3p|sed -e 's/^[ ]*//'

Expected result:

on

If the output does not match the expected result, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-42404r679008_fix)
At the command prompt, execute the following commands:

# /opt/vmware/vpostgres/current/bin/psql -U postgres -c "ALTER SYSTEM SET logging_collector TO 'on';"

# /opt/vmware/vpostgres/current/bin/psql -U postgres -c "SELECT pg_reload_conf();"