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VCEM-70-000029 - Rsyslog must be configured to monitor and ship ESX Agent Manager log files.

Information

ESX Agent Manager has a number of logs that must be offloaded from the originating system. This information can then be used for diagnostic, forensics, or other purposes relevant to ensuring the availability and integrity of the hosted application.

Satisfies: SRG-APP-000358-WSR-000163, SRG-APP-000125-WSR-000071

Solution

Navigate to and open:

/etc/vmware-syslog/vmware-services-eam.conf

Create the file if it does not exist.

Set the contents of the file as follows:

#eam.log
input(type='imfile'
 File='/var/log/vmware/eam/eam.log'
 Tag='eam-main'
 Severity='info'
 Facility='local0')
#eam web access logs
input(type='imfile'
 File='/var/log/vmware/eam/web/localhost_access.log'
 Tag='eam-access'
 Severity='info'
 Facility='local0')
#eam jvm logs
input(type='imfile'
 File='/var/log/vmware/eam/jvm.log.stdout'
 Tag='eam-stdout'
 Severity='info'
 Facility='local0')
input(type='imfile'
 File='/var/log/vmware/eam/jvm.log.stderr'
 Tag='eam-stderr'
 Severity='info'
 Facility='local0')
#eam catalina logs
input(type='imfile'
 File='/var/log/vmware/eam/web/catalina.log'
 Tag='eam-catalina'
 Severity='info'
 Facility='local0')
#eam catalina localhost logs
input(type='imfile'
 File='/var/log/vmware/eam/web/localhost.log'
 Tag='eam-catalina'
 Severity='info'
 Facility='local0')
#eam firstboot logs
input(type='imfile'
 File='/var/log/vmware/firstboot/eam_firstboot.py*.log'
 Tag='eam-firstboot'
 Severity='info'
 Facility='local0')

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_VMW_vSphere_7-0_Y23M07_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

References: 800-53|AU-4(1), 800-53|AU-9(2), CAT|II, CCI|CCI-001348, CCI|CCI-001851, Rule-ID|SV-256701r888659_rule, STIG-ID|VCEM-70-000029, Vuln-ID|V-256701

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 148188f9a2cbe2a3dfb750f90ddaec8c51afbcb2431f689fb5e9e79652cb5b64