The vCenter UI 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-259117	VCUI-80-000081	SV-259117r961395_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 User Interface (UI) Security Technical Implementation Guide	2024-07-11

Details

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By default, a vmware-services-vsphere-ui.conf rsyslog configuration file that 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-vsphere-ui.conf Expected result: #vsphere-ui main log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/vsphere_client_virgo.log" Tag="ui-main" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #vsphere-ui change log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/changelog.log" Tag="ui-changelog" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #vsphere-ui dataservice log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/dataservice.log" Tag="ui-dataservice" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #vsphere-ui apigw log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/apigw.log" Tag="ui-apigw" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #vsphere-ui equinox log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/equinox.log" Tag="ui-equinox" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #vsphere-ui event log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/eventlog.log" Tag="ui-eventlog" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #vsphere-ui op id log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/opId.log" Tag="ui-opid" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #vsphere-ui performance audit log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/performanceAudit.log" Tag="ui-performanceAudit" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #vsphere-ui plugin-medic log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/plugin-medic.log" Tag="ui-plugin-medic" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #vsphere-ui threadmonitor log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/threadmonitor.log" Tag="ui-threadmonitor" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #vsphere-ui threadpools log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/threadpools.log" Tag="ui-threadpools" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #vsphere-ui vspheremessaging log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/vspheremessaging.log" Tag="ui-vspheremessaging" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #vsphere-ui rpm log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/vsphere-ui-rpm.log" Tag="ui-rpm" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #vsphere-ui runtime log stdout input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/vsphere-ui-runtime.log" Tag="ui-runtime-stdout" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #vsphere-ui runtime log stderr input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/vsphere-ui-runtime.log" Tag="ui-runtime-stderr" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #vsphere-ui access log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/access/localhost_access_log.txt" Tag="ui-access" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #vsphere-ui gc log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/vsphere-ui-gc" Tag="ui-gc" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #vsphere-ui firstboot log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/firstboot/vsphere_ui_firstboot" Tag="ui-firstboot" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #vsphere-ui catalina input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/catalina..log" Tag="ui-runtime-catalina" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #vsphere-ui endpoint input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/endpoint.log" Tag="ui-runtime-endpoint" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #vsphere-ui localhost input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/localhost..log" Tag="ui-runtime-localhost" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #vsphere-ui vsan input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/vsan-plugin.log" Tag="ui-runtime-vsan" Severity="info" Facility="local0") If the output does not match the expected result, this is a finding.

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By default, a vmware-services-vsphere-ui.conf rsyslog configuration file that 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-vsphere-ui.conf

Expected result:

#vsphere-ui main log
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/vsphere_client_virgo.log"
Tag="ui-main"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
#vsphere-ui change log
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/changelog.log"
Tag="ui-changelog"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
#vsphere-ui dataservice log
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/dataservice.log"
Tag="ui-dataservice"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
#vsphere-ui apigw log
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/apigw.log"
Tag="ui-apigw"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
#vsphere-ui equinox log
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/equinox.log"
Tag="ui-equinox"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
#vsphere-ui event log
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/eventlog.log"
Tag="ui-eventlog"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
#vsphere-ui op id log
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/opId.log"
Tag="ui-opid"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
#vsphere-ui performance audit log
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/performanceAudit.log"
Tag="ui-performanceAudit"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
#vsphere-ui plugin-medic log
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/plugin-medic.log"
Tag="ui-plugin-medic"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
#vsphere-ui threadmonitor log
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/threadmonitor.log"
Tag="ui-threadmonitor"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
#vsphere-ui threadpools log
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/threadpools.log"
Tag="ui-threadpools"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
#vsphere-ui vspheremessaging log
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/vspheremessaging.log"
Tag="ui-vspheremessaging"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
#vsphere-ui rpm log
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/vsphere-ui-rpm.log"
Tag="ui-rpm"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
#vsphere-ui runtime log stdout
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/vsphere-ui-runtime.log*"
Tag="ui-runtime-stdout"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
#vsphere-ui runtime log stderr
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/vsphere-ui-runtime.log*"
Tag="ui-runtime-stderr"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
#vsphere-ui access log
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/access/localhost_access_log.txt"
Tag="ui-access"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
#vsphere-ui gc log
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/vsphere-ui-gc*"
Tag="ui-gc"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
#vsphere-ui firstboot log
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/firstboot/vsphere_ui_firstboot*"
Tag="ui-firstboot"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
#vsphere-ui catalina
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/catalina.*.log"
Tag="ui-runtime-catalina"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
#vsphere-ui endpoint
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/endpoint.log"
Tag="ui-runtime-endpoint"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
#vsphere-ui localhost
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/localhost.*.log"
Tag="ui-runtime-localhost"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
#vsphere-ui vsan
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/vsan-plugin.log"
Tag="ui-runtime-vsan"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")

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

Fix Text (F-62766r935254_fix)
Navigate to and open: vmware-services-vsphere-ui.conf Create the file if it does not exist. Set the contents of the file as follows: #vsphere-ui main log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/vsphere_client_virgo.log" Tag="ui-main" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #vsphere-ui change log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/changelog.log" Tag="ui-changelog" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #vsphere-ui dataservice log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/dataservice.log" Tag="ui-dataservice" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #vsphere-ui apigw log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/apigw.log" Tag="ui-apigw" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #vsphere-ui equinox log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/equinox.log" Tag="ui-equinox" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #vsphere-ui event log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/eventlog.log" Tag="ui-eventlog" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #vsphere-ui op id log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/opId.log" Tag="ui-opid" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #vsphere-ui performance audit log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/performanceAudit.log" Tag="ui-performanceAudit" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #vsphere-ui plugin-medic log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/plugin-medic.log" Tag="ui-plugin-medic" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #vsphere-ui threadmonitor log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/threadmonitor.log" Tag="ui-threadmonitor" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #vsphere-ui threadpools log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/threadpools.log" Tag="ui-threadpools" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #vsphere-ui vspheremessaging log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/vspheremessaging.log" Tag="ui-vspheremessaging" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #vsphere-ui rpm log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/vsphere-ui-rpm.log" Tag="ui-rpm" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #vsphere-ui runtime log stdout input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/vsphere-ui-runtime.log" Tag="ui-runtime-stdout" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #vsphere-ui runtime log stderr input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/vsphere-ui-runtime.log" Tag="ui-runtime-stderr" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #vsphere-ui access log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/access/localhost_access_log.txt" Tag="ui-access" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #vsphere-ui gc log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/vsphere-ui-gc" Tag="ui-gc" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #vsphere-ui firstboot log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/firstboot/vsphere_ui_firstboot" Tag="ui-firstboot" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #vsphere-ui catalina input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/catalina..log" Tag="ui-runtime-catalina" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #vsphere-ui endpoint input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/endpoint.log" Tag="ui-runtime-endpoint" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #vsphere-ui localhost input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/localhost..log" Tag="ui-runtime-localhost" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #vsphere-ui vsan input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/vsan-plugin.log" Tag="ui-runtime-vsan" Severity="info" Facility="local0")

Fix Text (F-62766r935254_fix)

Navigate to and open:

vmware-services-vsphere-ui.conf

Create the file if it does not exist.

Set the contents of the file as follows:

#vsphere-ui main log
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/vsphere_client_virgo.log"
Tag="ui-main"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
#vsphere-ui change log
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/changelog.log"
Tag="ui-changelog"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
#vsphere-ui dataservice log
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/dataservice.log"
Tag="ui-dataservice"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
#vsphere-ui apigw log
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/apigw.log"
Tag="ui-apigw"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
#vsphere-ui equinox log
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/equinox.log"
Tag="ui-equinox"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
#vsphere-ui event log
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/eventlog.log"
Tag="ui-eventlog"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
#vsphere-ui op id log
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/opId.log"
Tag="ui-opid"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
#vsphere-ui performance audit log
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/performanceAudit.log"
Tag="ui-performanceAudit"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
#vsphere-ui plugin-medic log
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/plugin-medic.log"
Tag="ui-plugin-medic"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
#vsphere-ui threadmonitor log
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/threadmonitor.log"
Tag="ui-threadmonitor"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
#vsphere-ui threadpools log
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/threadpools.log"
Tag="ui-threadpools"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
#vsphere-ui vspheremessaging log
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/vspheremessaging.log"
Tag="ui-vspheremessaging"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
#vsphere-ui rpm log
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/vsphere-ui-rpm.log"
Tag="ui-rpm"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
#vsphere-ui runtime log stdout
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/vsphere-ui-runtime.log*"
Tag="ui-runtime-stdout"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
#vsphere-ui runtime log stderr
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/vsphere-ui-runtime.log*"
Tag="ui-runtime-stderr"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
#vsphere-ui access log
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/access/localhost_access_log.txt"
Tag="ui-access"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
#vsphere-ui gc log
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/vsphere-ui-gc*"
Tag="ui-gc"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
#vsphere-ui firstboot log
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/firstboot/vsphere_ui_firstboot*"
Tag="ui-firstboot"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
#vsphere-ui catalina
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/catalina.*.log"
Tag="ui-runtime-catalina"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
#vsphere-ui endpoint
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/endpoint.log"
Tag="ui-runtime-endpoint"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
#vsphere-ui localhost
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/localhost.*.log"
Tag="ui-runtime-localhost"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
#vsphere-ui vsan
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/vsan-plugin.log"
Tag="ui-runtime-vsan"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")