PHTN-67-000129 - The Photon operating system must be configured to offload audit logs to a syslog server.

Information

Information stored in one location is vulnerable to accidental or incidental deletion or alteration.

Offloading is a common process in information systems with limited audit storage capacity.

Satisfies: SRG-OS-000342-GPOS-00133, SRG-OS-000447-GPOS-00201

Solution

Open /etc/vmware-syslog/stig-services-auditd.conf with a text editor.

Create the file if it does not exist.

Set the contents of the file as follows:

input(type='imfile' File='/var/log/audit/audit.log'
Tag='auditd'
Severity='info'
Facility='local0')

See Also

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