VMware Postgres must be configured to log to stderr.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-239213	VCPG-67-000021	SV-239213r679012_rule		Medium

Description
Organizations are required to use a central log management system so, under normal conditions, the audit space allocated to the DBMS on its own server will not be an issue. However, space will still be required on the DBMS server for audit records in transit, and, under abnormal conditions, this could fill up. Because a requirement exists to halt processing upon audit failure, a service outage would result. If support personnel are not notified immediately upon storage volume utilization reaching 75%, they are unable to plan for storage capacity expansion. The appropriate support staff include, at a minimum, the ISSO and the DBA/SA. Satisfies: SRG-APP-000359-DB-000319, SRG-APP-000515-DB-000318

Description

Organizations are required to use a central log management system so, under normal conditions, the audit space allocated to the DBMS on its own server will not be an issue. However, space will still be required on the DBMS server for audit records in transit, and, under abnormal conditions, this could fill up. Because a requirement exists to halt processing upon audit failure, a service outage would result. If support personnel are not notified immediately upon storage volume utilization reaching 75%, they are unable to plan for storage capacity expansion. The appropriate support staff include, at a minimum, the ISSO and the DBA/SA. Satisfies: SRG-APP-000359-DB-000319, SRG-APP-000515-DB-000318

STIG	Date
VMware vSphere 6.7 PostgreSQL Security Technical Implementation Guide	2021-03-18

Details

Check Text ( C-42446r679010_chk )
At the command prompt, execute the following command: # /opt/vmware/vpostgres/current/bin/psql -U postgres -c "SHOW log_destination;"\|sed -n 3p\|sed -e 's/^[ ]*//' Expected result: stderr If the output does not match the expected result, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-42405r679011_fix)
At the command prompt, execute the following commands: # /opt/vmware/vpostgres/current/bin/psql -U postgres -c "ALTER SYSTEM SET log_destination TO 'stderr';" # /opt/vmware/vpostgres/current/bin/psql -U postgres -c "SELECT pg_reload_conf();"