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1.17 ESXI-80-000114

Information

The ESXi host must offload logs via syslog.

GROUP ID: V-258744
RULE ID: SV-258744r1015921

Remote logging to a central log host provides a secure, centralized store for ESXi logs. By gathering host log files onto a central host, it can more easily monitor all hosts with a single tool. It can also do aggregate analysis and searching to look for such things as coordinated attacks on multiple hosts.

Logging to a secure, centralized log server also helps prevent log tampering and provides a long-term audit record.

Satisfies: SRG-OS-000342-VMM-001230, SRG-OS-000274-VMM-000960, SRG-OS-000275-VMM-000970, SRG-OS-000277-VMM-000990, SRG-OS-000479-VMM-001990

Solution

From the vSphere Client, go to Hosts and Clusters.

Select the ESXi Host >> Configure >> System >> Advanced System Settings.

Click "Edit". Select the "Syslog.global.logHost" value and configure it to a site-specific syslog server.

or

From a PowerCLI command prompt while connected to the ESXi host, run the following command:

Get-VMHost | Get-AdvancedSetting -Name Syslog.global.logHost | Set-AdvancedSetting -Value "enter site specific servers"

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/23619

Item Details

Category: ACCESS CONTROL, AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

References: 800-53|AC-2(1), 800-53|AC-2(4), 800-53|AU-4(1), CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000015, CCI|CCI-001683, CCI|CCI-001684, CCI|CCI-001686, CCI|CCI-001851, Rule-ID|SV-258744r1015921_rule, STIG-ID|ESXI-80-000114, Vuln-ID|V-258744

Plugin: VMware

Control ID: 2f9cf51d8abcafdf9e343d0063b8ba4cd5ee83ddafb45c61f688a0c956797185