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

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-256701VCEM-70-000029SV-256701r888659_ruleCCI-001348medium
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
STIGDate
VMware vSphere 7.0 vCenter Appliance EAM Security Technical Implementation Guide2023-06-15

Details

Check Text (C-256701r888659_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")