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The ESXi host must produce audit records containing information to establish what type of events occurred.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-239285 ESXI-67-000030 SV-239285r674784_rule Low
Description
Without establishing what types of events occurred, it would be difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events leading up to an outage or attack. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000037-VMM-000150, SRG-OS-000063-VMM-000310
STIG Date
VMware vSphere 6.7 ESXi Security Technical Implementation Guide 2022-01-05

Details

Check Text ( C-42518r674782_chk )
From the vSphere Client, select the ESXi host and go to Configure >> System >> Advanced System Settings.

Select the "Config.HostAgent.log.level" value and verify it is set to "info".

or

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

Get-VMHost | Get-AdvancedSetting -Name Config.HostAgent.log.level

If the "Config.HostAgent.log.level" setting is not set to "info", this is a finding.

Note: Verbose logging level is acceptable for troubleshooting purposes.
Fix Text (F-42477r674783_fix)
From the vSphere Client, select the ESXi Host and go to Configure >> System >> Advanced System Settings.

Click "Edit", select the "Config.HostAgent.log.level" value, and configure it to "info".

or

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

Get-VMHost | Get-AdvancedSetting -Name Config.HostAgent.log.level | Set-AdvancedSetting -Value "info"