VCPF-70-000030 - Rsyslog must be configured to monitor and ship Performance Charts log files.

Information

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

Solution

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')

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_VMW_vSphere_7-0_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-256640r888411_rule, STIG-ID|VCPF-70-000030, Vuln-ID|V-256640

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: eb673a06960eee8ffdd2efb6ba9585b0192b0db80e91c167130a6f862c008e52