WBLC-02-000086 - Oracle WebLogic must notify administrative personnel as a group in the event of audit processing failure - SMTP Notification

Information

Audit processing failures include software/hardware errors, failures in the audit capturing mechanisms, and audit storage capacity being reached or exceeded. To ensure flexibility and ease of use, application servers must be capable of notifying a group of administrative personnel upon detection of an application audit log processing failure.

Solution

1. Access AC
2. Utilize 'Change Center' to create a new change session
3. From 'Domain Structure', select 'Diagnostics' -> 'Diagnostic Modules'
4. If 'Module-HealthState' does not exist, click 'New' button. Enter 'Module-HealthState' in 'Name' field and click 'OK' button
5. Select 'Module-HealthState' from 'Diagnostic System Modules' list
6. Select 'Configuration' tab -> 'Watches and Notifications' tab. Select the 'Watches' tab from the bottom of page
7. Click 'New' button. Set the following values in the fields as shown:
'Watch Name' = 'ServerHealthWatch'
'Watch Type' = 'Collected Metrics'
'Enable Watch' = selected
8. Click 'Next'
9. Click 'Add Expressions'
10. Set 'MBean Server location' dropdown value to 'ServerRuntime'. Click 'Next'
11. Set 'MBean Type' dropdown value to 'weblogic.management.runtime.ServerRuntimeMBean'. Click 'Next'
12. Set 'Instance' dropdown value to a WebLogic Server instance to be monitored. Click 'Next'
13. Select 'Enter an Attribute Expression' radio button, enter following value in 'Attribute Expression' field: HealthState.State
14. Set 'Operator' dropdown value to '>='. Set 'Value' field to '3'. Click 'Finish'
15. Repeat steps 9-14 for all WebLogic Server instances to be monitored. Click 'Finish'
16. Continuing from step 6 above, select the 'Notifications' tab from the bottom of page
17. Click 'New' button. Set 'Type' dropdown value to 'SMTP (E-Mail)'. Click 'Next'. Set the following values in the fields as shown:
'Notification Name' = 'ServerHealthNotification'
'Enable Notification' = selected
18. Click 'Next'
19. Select an existing 'Mail Session Name', or click 'Create a New Mail Session' button to create one (JNDI name and Java mail settings must be known)
20. In 'E-Mail Recipients' text area, add list of administrator email addresses, and customize 'E-Mail Subject' and 'E-Mail Body' fields as needed. Click 'Finish'
21. Return to the 'Watches' tab from the bottom of page. Select 'ServerHealthWatch'. Select 'Notifications' tab
22. Use shuttle list to set 'ServerHealthNotification' into the 'Chosen' table. Click 'Save'

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_Oracle_WebLogic_Server_12c_V2R1_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

References: 800-53|AU-5b., CAT|III, CCI|CCI-000140, Rule-ID|SV-235953r628637_rule, STIG-ID|WBLC-02-000086, STIG-Legacy|SV-70509, STIG-Legacy|V-56255, Vuln-ID|V-235953

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: bce36d818187511da93faac6734ab5ae2b137eb1f100f13d70dc7570abafb961