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Rsyslog must be configured to monitor and ship ESX Agent Manager log files.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-256701 VCEM-70-000029 SV-256701r888659_rule Medium
Description
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
STIG Date
VMware vSphere 7.0 vCenter Appliance EAM Security Technical Implementation Guide 2023-06-15

Details

Check Text ( C-60376r888657_chk )
At the command prompt, run the following command:

# rpm -V VMware-visl-integration|grep vmware-services-eam.conf|grep "^..5......"

If the command returns any output, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-60319r888658_fix)
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")