Rsyslog must be configured to monitor and ship Performance Charts log files.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-256640	VCPF-70-000030	SV-256640r888411_rule		Medium

Description
Performance Charts produces several logs that must be offloaded from the originating system. This information can then be used for diagnostic purposes, forensics purposes, 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 Perfcharts Security Technical Implementation Guide	2023-02-21

Details

Check Text ( C-60315r888409_chk )
At the command prompt, run the following command: # rpm -V VMware-visl-integration|grep vmware-services-perfcharts.conf|grep "^..5......" If the command returns any output, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-60258r888410_fix)

Navigate to and open: /etc/vmware-syslog/vmware-services-perfcharts.conf Create the file if it does not exist. Set the contents of the file as follows: #stats input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/perfcharts/stats.log" Tag="perfcharts-stats" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #localhost_access_log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/perfcharts/localhost_access_log.txt" Tag="perfcharts-localhost_access" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #vmware-perfcharts-gc.log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/perfcharts/vmware-perfcharts-gc.log.*.current" Tag="perfcharts-gc" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #vmware-perfcharts-runtime.log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/perfcharts/vmware-perfcharts-runtime.log.std*" Tag="perfcharts-runtime" Severity="info" Facility="local0")