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ESXI-70-000089 - The ESXi Host Client must be configured with a session timeout.

Information

The ESXi Host Client is the UI served up by the host itself, outside of vCenter. It is accessed by browsing to 'https://<ESX FQDN>/ui'. ESXi is not usually administered via this interface for long periods, and all users will be highly privileged. Implementing a mandatory session idle limit will ensure that orphaned, forgotten, or ignored sessions will be closed promptly.

Solution

From the vSphere Client, go to Hosts and Clusters.

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

Select the 'UserVars.HostClientSessionTimeout' value and set it to '600'.

or

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

Get-VMHost | Get-AdvancedSetting -Name UserVars.HostClientSessionTimeout | Set-AdvancedSetting -Value '600'

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_VMW_vSphere_7-0_Y25M04_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-256441r959010_rule, STIG-ID|ESXI-70-000089, Vuln-ID|V-256441

Plugin: VMware

Control ID: e7e6c38d75bff5d15dd043ee76a6740cb3f9e24e799067b2b7f7c1cbeee0680e