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VCLU-80-000081 The vCenter Lookup service must offload log records onto a different system or media from the system being logged.
Information
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.
Solution
Navigate to and open:/etc/vmware-syslog/vmware-services-lookupsvc.conf
Create the file if it does not exist.
Set the contents of the file as follows:
#catalina
input(type='imfile'
File='/var/log/vmware/lookupsvc/tomcat/catalina.*.log'
Tag='lookupsvc-tc-catalina'
Severity='info'
Facility='local0')
#localhost
input(type='imfile'
File='/var/log/vmware/lookupsvc/tomcat/localhost.*.log'
Tag='lookupsvc-tc-localhost'
Severity='info'
Facility='local0')
#localhost_access_log
input(type='imfile'
File='/var/log/vmware/lookupsvc/tomcat/localhost_access.log'
Tag='lookupsvc-localhost_access'
Severity='info'
Facility='local0')
#lookupsvc-init
input(type='imfile'
File='/var/log/vmware/lookupsvc/lookupsvc-init.log'
Tag='lookupsvc-init'
Severity='info'
Facility='local0')
#prestart
input(type='imfile'
File='/var/log/vmware/lookupsvc/lookupsvc-prestart.log'
Tag='lookupsvc-prestart'
Severity='info'
Facility='local0')
#health
input(type='imfile'
File='/var/log/vmware/lookupsvc/lookupsvc-health.log'
Tag='lookupsvc-health'
Severity='info'
Facility='local0')
#lookupserver-default
input(type='imfile'
File='/var/log/vmware/lookupsvc/lookupserver-default.log'
Tag='lookupsvc-lookupserver-default'
Severity='info'
Facility='local0')
#lookupsvc_stream.log.std
input(type='imfile'
File='/var/log/vmware/lookupsvc/lookupsvc_stream.log.std*'
Tag='lookupsvc-std'
Severity='info'
Facility='local0')
#ls-gc
input(type='imfile'
File='/var/log/vmware/lookupsvc/vmware-lookupsvc-gc.log.*.current'
Tag='lookupsvc-gc'
Severity='info'
Facility='local0')
See Also
https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_VMW_vSphere_8-0_Y24M08_STIG.zip
Item Details
Category: AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY
References: 800-53|AU-4(1), CAT|II, CCI|CCI-001851, Rule-ID|SV-259050r961395_rule, STIG-ID|VCLU-80-000081, Vuln-ID|V-259050
Plugin: Unix
Control ID: aa72619c3400280cf3b5bd265518287db04619f71d50925758df593d6af31026