The vCenter ESX Agent Manager service must offload log records onto a different system or media from the system being logged.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-259016	VCEM-80-000081	SV-259016r961395_rule		Medium

Description
Information system logging capability is critical for accurate forensic analysis. Log record content that may be necessary to satisfy the requirement of this control includes, but is not limited to, time stamps, source and destination IP addresses, user/process identifiers, event descriptions, application-specific events, success/fail indications, filenames involved, and access control or flow control rules invoked. Offloading is a common process in information systems with limited log storage capacity. Centralized management of log records provides for efficiency in maintenance and management of records, as well as the backup and archiving of those records. Application servers and their related components are required to offload log records onto a different system or media than the system being logged.

Description

Information system logging capability is critical for accurate forensic analysis. Log record content that may be necessary to satisfy the requirement of this control includes, but is not limited to, time stamps, source and destination IP addresses, user/process identifiers, event descriptions, application-specific events, success/fail indications, filenames involved, and access control or flow control rules invoked. Offloading is a common process in information systems with limited log storage capacity. Centralized management of log records provides for efficiency in maintenance and management of records, as well as the backup and archiving of those records. Application servers and their related components are required to offload log records onto a different system or media than the system being logged.

STIG	Date
VMware vSphere 8.0 vCenter Appliance ESX Agent Manager (EAM) Security Technical Implementation Guide	2024-07-11

Details

Check Text ( C-62756r934704_chk )
By default, a vmware-services-eam.conf rsyslog configuration file includes the service logs when syslog is configured on vCenter, but it must be verified. At the command prompt, run the following command: # cat /etc/vmware-syslog/vmware-services-eam.conf Expected result: #eam.log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/eam/eam.log" Tag="eam-main" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #eam_api.log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/eam/eam_api.log" Tag="eam-api" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #eam web access logs input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/eam/web/localhost_access.log" Tag="eam-access" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #eam jvm logs input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/eam/jvm.log.stdout" Tag="eam-stdout" Severity="info" Facility="local0") input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/eam/jvm.log.stderr" Tag="eam-stderr" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #eam catalina logs input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/eam/web/catalina.log" Tag="eam-catalina" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #eam catalina localhost logs input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/eam/web/localhost.log" Tag="eam-catalina" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #eam firstboot logs input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/firstboot/eam_firstboot.py*.log" Tag="eam-firstboot" Severity="info" Facility="local0") If the output does not match the expected result, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-62756r934704_chk )

By default, a vmware-services-eam.conf rsyslog configuration file includes the service logs when syslog is configured on vCenter, but it must be verified.

At the command prompt, run the following command:

# cat /etc/vmware-syslog/vmware-services-eam.conf

Expected result:

#eam.log
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/eam/eam.log"
Tag="eam-main"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
#eam_api.log
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/eam/eam_api.log"
Tag="eam-api"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
#eam web access logs
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/eam/web/localhost_access.log"
Tag="eam-access"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
#eam jvm logs
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/eam/jvm.log.stdout"
Tag="eam-stdout"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/eam/jvm.log.stderr"
Tag="eam-stderr"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
#eam catalina logs
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/eam/web/catalina.log"
Tag="eam-catalina"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
#eam catalina localhost logs
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/eam/web/localhost.log"
Tag="eam-catalina"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
#eam firstboot logs
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/firstboot/eam_firstboot.py*.log"
Tag="eam-firstboot"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")

If the output does not match the expected result, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-62665r934705_fix)
Navigate to and open: /etc/vmware-syslog/vmware-services-eam.conf Create the file if it does not exist. Set the contents of the file as follows: #eam.log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/eam/eam.log" Tag="eam-main" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #eam_api.log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/eam/eam_api.log" Tag="eam-api" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #eam web access logs input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/eam/web/localhost_access.log" Tag="eam-access" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #eam jvm logs input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/eam/jvm.log.stdout" Tag="eam-stdout" Severity="info" Facility="local0") input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/eam/jvm.log.stderr" Tag="eam-stderr" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #eam catalina logs input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/eam/web/catalina.log" Tag="eam-catalina" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #eam catalina localhost logs input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/eam/web/localhost.log" Tag="eam-catalina" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #eam firstboot logs input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/firstboot/eam_firstboot.py*.log" Tag="eam-firstboot" Severity="info" Facility="local0")

Fix Text (F-62665r934705_fix)

Navigate to and open:

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

Create the file if it does not exist.

Set the contents of the file as follows:

#eam.log
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/eam/eam.log"
Tag="eam-main"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
#eam_api.log
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/eam/eam_api.log"
Tag="eam-api"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
#eam web access logs
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/eam/web/localhost_access.log"
Tag="eam-access"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
#eam jvm logs
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/eam/jvm.log.stdout"
Tag="eam-stdout"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/eam/jvm.log.stderr"
Tag="eam-stderr"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
#eam catalina logs
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/eam/web/catalina.log"
Tag="eam-catalina"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
#eam catalina localhost logs
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/eam/web/localhost.log"
Tag="eam-catalina"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
#eam firstboot logs
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/firstboot/eam_firstboot.py*.log"
Tag="eam-firstboot"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")