Detections
Analytics
VCEM-70-000006 - ESX Agent Manager must generate log records for system startup and shutdown.
Information
Logging must be started as soon as possible when a service starts and as late as possible when a service is stopped. Many forms of suspicious actions can be detected by analyzing logs for unexpected service starts and stops. Also, by starting to log immediately after a service starts, it becomes more difficult for suspicious activity to go unlogged.Solution
Navigate to and open:/etc/vmware/vmware-vmon/svcCfgfiles/eam.json
Below the last line of the 'PreStartCommandArg' block, add the following line:
'StreamRedirectFile' : '%VMWARE_LOG_DIR%/vmware/eam/jvm.log',
Restart the appliance for changes to take effect.
See Also
https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_VMW_vSphere_7-0_Y23M07_STIG.zip
Item Details
Audit Name: DISA STIG VMware vSphere 7.0 EAM Tomcat v1r2
Category: AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY
References: 800-53|AU-12a., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000169, Rule-ID|SV-256678r888590_rule, STIG-ID|VCEM-70-000006, Vuln-ID|V-256678
Plugin: Unix
Control ID: a24aaef79c1b4f8b10fa13a956b6fd494a0943dfcd13bc3c1987231d28caa447