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V-256640

CAT II (Medium)

Rsyslog must be configured to monitor and ship Performance Charts log files.

Rule ID

SV-256640r888411_rule

STIG

VMware vSphere 7.0 vCenter Appliance Perfcharts Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R1

CCIs

CCI-001348 CCI-001851

Discussion

Performance Charts produces several logs that must be offloaded from the originating system. This information can then be used for diagnostic purposes, forensics purposes, or other purposes relevant to ensuring the availability and integrity of the hosted application. Satisfies: SRG-APP-000358-WSR-000163, SRG-APP-000125-WSR-000071

Check Content

At the command prompt, run the following command:

# rpm -V VMware-visl-integration|grep vmware-services-perfcharts.conf|grep "^..5......"

If the command returns any output, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Navigate to and open:

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

Create the file if it does not exist.

Set the contents of the file as follows:

#stats
input(type="imfile"
      File="/var/log/vmware/perfcharts/stats.log"
      Tag="perfcharts-stats"
      Severity="info"
      Facility="local0")
#localhost_access_log
input(type="imfile"
      File="/var/log/vmware/perfcharts/localhost_access_log.txt"
      Tag="perfcharts-localhost_access"
      Severity="info"
      Facility="local0")
#vmware-perfcharts-gc.log
input(type="imfile"
      File="/var/log/vmware/perfcharts/vmware-perfcharts-gc.log.*.current"
      Tag="perfcharts-gc"
      Severity="info"
      Facility="local0")
#vmware-perfcharts-runtime.log
input(type="imfile"
      File="/var/log/vmware/perfcharts/vmware-perfcharts-runtime.log.std*"
      Tag="perfcharts-runtime"
      Severity="info"
      Facility="local0")