"Rsyslog" must be configured to monitor VMware Postgres logs.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-256609	VCPG-70-000019	SV-256609r887613_rule		Medium

Description
For performance reasons, "rsyslog" file monitoring is preferred over configuring VMware Postgres to send events to a "syslog" facility. Without ensuring that logs are created, that "rsyslog" configs are created, and that those configs are loaded, the log file monitoring and shipping will not be effective. Satisfies: SRG-APP-000359-DB-000319, SRG-APP-000360-DB-000320, SRG-APP-000515-DB-000318

STIG	Date
VMware vSphere 7.0 vCenter Appliance PostgreSQL Security Technical Implementation Guide	2023-06-15

Details

Check Text ( C-60284r887611_chk )
At the command prompt, run the following command: # rpm -V VMware-Postgres-cis-visl-scripts\|grep -E "vmware-services-vmware-vpostgres.conf\|vmware-services-vmware-postgres-archiver.conf" \| grep "^..5......" If the command returns any output, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-60227r887612_fix)
Navigate to and open: /etc/vmware-syslog/vmware-services-vmware-vpostgres.conf Create the file if it does not exist. Set the contents of the file as follows: # vmware-vpostgres first logs, before loading configuration input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/vpostgres/serverlog.std" Tag="vpostgres-first" Severity="info" Facility="local0") # vmware-vpostgres logs input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/vpostgres/postgresql-.log" Tag="vpostgres" Severity="info" Facility="local0") Navigate to and open: /etc/vmware-syslog/vmware-services-vmware-postgres-archiver.conf Create the file if it does not exist. Set the contents of the file as follows: # vmware-postgres-archiver logs input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/vpostgres/pg_archiver.log.std*" Tag="postgres-archiver" Severity="info" Facility="local0")

Fix Text (F-60227r887612_fix)

Navigate to and open:

/etc/vmware-syslog/vmware-services-vmware-vpostgres.conf

Create the file if it does not exist.

Set the contents of the file as follows:

# vmware-vpostgres first logs, before loading configuration
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/vpostgres/serverlog.std*"
Tag="vpostgres-first"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
# vmware-vpostgres logs
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/vpostgres/postgresql-*.log"
Tag="vpostgres"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")

Navigate to and open:

/etc/vmware-syslog/vmware-services-vmware-postgres-archiver.conf

Create the file if it does not exist.

Set the contents of the file as follows:

# vmware-postgres-archiver logs
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/vpostgres/pg_archiver.log.std*"
Tag="postgres-archiver"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")