V-259142

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Protection of log data includes ensuring log data is not accidentally lost or deleted. Backing up log records to an unrelated system or onto separate media than the system the web server is actually running on helps to ensure that, in the event of a catastrophic system failure, the log records will be retained. Satisfies: SRG-APP-000125-WSR-000071, SRG-APP-000358-WSR-000063, SRG-APP-000358-WSR-000163

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By default, a vmware-services-applmgmt.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-applmgmt.conf

Expected result:

#applmgmt.log
input(type="imfile"
      File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/applmgmt.log"
      Tag="applmgmt"
      Severity="info"
      Facility="local0"
      deleteStateOnFileDelete="on"
      reopenOnTruncate="on")
#applmgmt-audit.log
input(type="imfile"
      File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt-audit/applmgmt-audit.log"
      Tag="applmgmt-audit"
      Severity="info"
      Facility="local0"
      deleteStateOnFileDelete="on"
      reopenOnTruncate="on")
#applmgmt-backup-restore-audit.log
input(type="imfile"
      File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt-audit/applmgmt-br-audit.log"
      Tag="applmgmt-br-audit"
      Severity="info"
      Facility="local0"
      deleteStateOnFileDelete="on"
      reopenOnTruncate="on")
#vami-access.log
input(type="imfile"
      File="/opt/vmware/var/log/lighttpd/access.log"
      Tag="vami-access"
      Severity="info"
      Facility="local0"
      deleteStateOnFileDelete="on"
      reopenOnTruncate="on")
#vami-error.log
input(type="imfile"
      File="/opt/vmware/var/log/lighttpd/error.log"
      Tag="vami-error"
      Severity="info"
      Facility="local0"
      deleteStateOnFileDelete="on"
      reopenOnTruncate="on")
#dcui.log
input(type="imfile"
      File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/dcui.log"
      Tag="dcui"
      Severity="info"
      Facility="local0"
      deleteStateOnFileDelete="on"
      reopenOnTruncate="on")
#detwist.log
input(type="imfile"
      File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/detwist.log"
      Tag="detwist"
      Severity="info"
      Facility="local0"
      deleteStateOnFileDelete="on"
      reopenOnTruncate="on")
#firewall-reload.log
input(type="imfile"
      File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/firewall-reload.log"
      Tag="firewall-reload"
      Severity="info"
      Facility="local0"
      deleteStateOnFileDelete="on"
      reopenOnTruncate="on")
#applmgmt_vmonsvc.std*
input(type="imfile"
      File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/applmgmt_vmonsvc.stdout"
      Tag="applmgmt_vmonsvc"
      Severity="info"
      Facility="local0"
      deleteStateOnFileDelete="on"
      reopenOnTruncate="on")
input(type="imfile"
      File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/applmgmt_vmonsvc.stderr"
      Tag="applmgmt_vmonsvc"
      Severity="info"
      Facility="local0"
      deleteStateOnFileDelete="on"
      reopenOnTruncate="on")
#backupSchedulerCron
input(type="imfile"
      File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/backupSchedulerCron.log"
      Tag="backupSchedulerCron"
      Severity="info"
      Facility="local0"
      deleteStateOnFileDelete="on"
      reopenOnTruncate="on")
#progress.log
input(type="imfile"
      File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/progress.log"
      Tag="progress"
      Severity="info"
      Facility="local0"
      deleteStateOnFileDelete="on"
      reopenOnTruncate="on")
#statsmoitor-alarms
input(type="imfile"
      File="/var/log/vmware/statsmon/statsmoitor-alarms.log"
      Tag="statsmoitor-alarms"
      Severity="info"
      Facility="local0"
      deleteStateOnFileDelete="on"
      reopenOnTruncate="on")
#StatsMonitor
input(type="imfile"
      File="/var/log/vmware/statsmon/StatsMonitor.log"
      Tag="StatsMonitor"
      Severity="info"
      Facility="local0"
      deleteStateOnFileDelete="on"
      reopenOnTruncate="on")
#StatsMonitorStartup.log.std*
input(type="imfile"
      File="/var/log/vmware/statsmon/StatsMonitorStartup.log.std*"
      Tag="StatsMonitor-Startup"
      Severity="info"
      Facility="local0"
      deleteStateOnFileDelete="on"
      reopenOnTruncate="on")
#PatchRunner
input(type="imfile"
      File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/PatchRunner.log"
      Tag="PatchRunner"
      Severity="info"
      Facility="local0"
      deleteStateOnFileDelete="on"
      reopenOnTruncate="on")
#update_microservice
input(type="imfile"
      File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/update_microservice.log"
      Tag="update_microservice"
      Severity="info"
      Facility="local0"
      deleteStateOnFileDelete="on"
      reopenOnTruncate="on")
#vami
input(type="imfile"
      File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/vami.log"
      Tag="vami"
      Severity="info"
      Facility="local0"
      deleteStateOnFileDelete="on"
      reopenOnTruncate="on")
#vcdb_pre_patch
input(type="imfile"
      File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/vcdb_pre_patch.*"
      Tag="vcdb_pre_patch"
      Severity="info"
      Facility="local0"
      deleteStateOnFileDelete="on"
      reopenOnTruncate="on")
#dnsmasq.log
input(type="imfile"
      File="/var/log/vmware/dnsmasq.log"
      Tag="dnsmasq"
      Severity="info"
      Facility="local0"
      deleteStateOnFileDelete="on"
      reopenOnTruncate="on")
#procstate
input(type="imfile"
      File="/var/log/vmware/procstate"
      Tag="procstate"
      Severity="info"
      Facility="local0"
      deleteStateOnFileDelete="on"
      reopenOnTruncate="on")
#backup.log
input(type="imfile"
      File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/backup.log"
      Tag="applmgmt-backup"
      Severity="info"
      Facility="local0"
      deleteStateOnFileDelete="on"
      reopenOnTruncate="on")
#size.log
input(type="imfile"
      File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/size.log"
      Tag="applmgmt-size"
      Severity="info"
      Facility="local0"
      deleteStateOnFileDelete="on"
      reopenOnTruncate="on")
#restore.log
input(type="imfile"
      File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/restore.log"
      Tag="applmgmt-restore"
      Severity="info"
      Facility="local0"
      deleteStateOnFileDelete="on"
      reopenOnTruncate="on")
#reconciliation.log
input(type="imfile"
      File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/reconciliation.log"
      Tag="applmgmt-reconciliation"
      Severity="info"
      Facility="local0"
      deleteStateOnFileDelete="on"
      reopenOnTruncate="on")
#pnid_change.log
input(type="imfile"
      File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/pnid_change.log"
      Tag="applmgmt-pnid-change"
      Severity="info"
      Facility="local0"
      deleteStateOnFileDelete="on"
      reopenOnTruncate="on")

Note: If the entries for "deleteStateOnFileDelete" or "reopenOnTruncate" are not present, this is not a finding.

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