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VCST-80-000013 - The vCenter STS service must initiate session logging upon startup.

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/sts-lin.json

Below the last line of the "PreStartCommandArg" block, add the following line:

"StreamRedirectFile" : "%VMWARE_LOG_DIR%/vmware/sso/sts-runtime.log",

Restart the service with the following command:

# vmon-cli --restart sts

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_VMW_vSphere_8-0_Y26M07_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

References: 800-53|AU-14(1), CAT|II, CCI|CCI-001464, Rule-ID|SV-258973r960888_rule, STIG-ID|VCST-80-000013, Vuln-ID|V-258973

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 58fcb23827cf97a909c4d44da232fa236c5576cae0ca9926c2fceb8dd0d6b617