VCPF-67-000027 - Rsyslog must be configured to monitor and ship Performance Charts log files - localhost_access

Information

Performance Charts produces a handful of 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

Solution

Navigate to and open /etc/vmware-syslog/stig-services-perfcharts.conf.

Create the file if it does not exist.

Set the contents of the file as follows:

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

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_VMW_vSphere_6-7_Y23M07_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

References: 800-53|AU-4(1), 800-53|AU-9(2), CAT|II, CCI|CCI-001348, CCI|CCI-001851, Rule-ID|SV-239428r879731_rule, STIG-ID|VCPF-67-000027, Vuln-ID|V-239428

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 1bf5fe83daf97a5eb758c0baebc73ed6532d6e1b24e32b7749e07c182ee46c37