The Photon operating system must enable the rsyslog service.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-258901	PHTN-40-000242	SV-258901r933764_rule		Medium

Description
Information stored in one location is vulnerable to accidental or incidental deletion or alteration. Off-loading is a common process in information systems with limited audit storage capacity.

STIG	Date
VMware vSphere 8.0 vCenter Appliance Photon OS 4.0 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2023-10-29

Details

Check Text ( C-62641r933762_chk )
If another package is used to offload logs, such as syslog-ng, and is properly configured, this is not applicable. At the command line, run the following command to verify rsyslog is enabled and running: # systemctl status rsyslog If the rsyslog service is not enabled and running, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-62550r933763_fix)
At the command line, run the following commands: # systemctl enable rsyslog # systemctl start rsyslog