The vCenter VAMI service must off-load log records onto a different system or media from the system being logged.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-259142	VCLD-80-000022	SV-259142r960948_rule	CCI-001348	medium
Description
Protection of log data includes assuring log data is not accidentally lost or deleted. Backing up log records to an unrelated system or onto separate media than the system the web server is actually running on helps to assure that, in the event of a catastrophic system failure, the log records will be retained. Satisfies: SRG-APP-000125-WSR-000071, SRG-APP-000358-WSR-000063, SRG-APP-000358-WSR-000163
STIG			Date
VMware vSphere 8.0 vCenter Appliance Management Interface (VAMI) Security Technical Implementation Guide			2024-07-11

Related Frameworks

1 mapping across 3 frameworks

SCF0 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (1) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

MON-08.1Event Log Backup on Separate Physical Systems / Components

0.50

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R1intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
SCF Secure Traceability Relationship Mapping (STRM)2026.2intersects

NIST 800-530 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 2 hops (21) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

AC-17(1)Monitoring and Control

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R1intersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R1our copyintersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R1intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

AC-2(1)Automated System Account Management

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R1intersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R1our copyintersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R1intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

AC-2(4)Automated Audit Actions

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R1intersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R1our copyintersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R1intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

AU-10Non-repudiation

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R1intersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)1our copyintersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)1intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

AU-11Audit Record Retention

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R1intersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)3our copyintersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)3intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

AU-12Audit Record Generation

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R1intersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)2our copyintersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)2intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

AU-12(1)System-wide and Time-correlated Audit Trail

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R1intersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)2our copyintersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)2intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

AU-12(3)Changes by Authorized Individuals

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R1intersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)1our copyintersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)1intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

AU-4(1)Transfer to Alternate Storage

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R1intersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R2our copyintersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R2intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

AU-5Response to Audit Logging Process Failures

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R1intersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R1our copyintersects(normalised)
DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R1intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

+11 more (top 10 by confidence shown)

CCI1 mapping

CCI-001348

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R1intersects(normalised)

Details

Check Text (C-259142r960948_chk)

By default there is a vmware-services-applmgmt.conf rsyslog configuration file which includes the service logs when syslog is configured on vCenter that must be verified. At the command prompt, run the following command: # cat /etc/vmware-syslog/vmware-services-applmgmt.conf Expected result: #applmgmt.log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/applmgmt.log" Tag="applmgmt" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #applmgmt-audit.log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt-audit/applmgmt-audit.log" Tag="applmgmt-audit" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #applmgmt-backup-restore-audit.log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt-audit/applmgmt-br-audit.log" Tag="applmgmt-br-audit" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #vami-access.log input(type="imfile" File="/opt/vmware/var/log/lighttpd/access.log" Tag="vami-access" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #vami-error.log input(type="imfile" File="/opt/vmware/var/log/lighttpd/error.log" Tag="vami-error" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #dcui.log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/dcui.log" Tag="dcui" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #detwist.log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/detwist.log" Tag="detwist" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #firewall-reload.log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/firewall-reload.log" Tag="firewall-reload" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #applmgmt_vmonsvc.std* input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/applmgmt_vmonsvc.std*" Tag="applmgmt_vmonsvc" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #backupSchedulerCron input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/backupSchedulerCron.log" Tag="backupSchedulerCron" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #progress.log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/progress.log" Tag="progress" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #statsmoitor-alarms input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/statsmon/statsmoitor-alarms.log" Tag="statsmoitor-alarms" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #StatsMonitor input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/statsmon/StatsMonitor.log" Tag="StatsMonitor" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #StatsMonitorStartup.log.std* input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/statsmon/StatsMonitorStartup.log.std*" Tag="StatsMonitor-Startup" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #PatchRunner input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/PatchRunner.log" Tag="PatchRunner" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #update_microservice input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/update_microservice.log" Tag="update_microservice" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #vami input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/vami.log" Tag="vami" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #vcdb_pre_patch input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/vcdb_pre_patch.*" Tag="vcdb_pre_patch" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #dnsmasq.log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/dnsmasq.log" Tag="dnsmasq" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #procstate input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/procstate" Tag="procstate" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #backup.log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/backup.log" Tag="applmgmt-backup" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #size.log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/size.log" Tag="applmgmt-size" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #restore.log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/restore.log" Tag="applmgmt-restore" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #reconciliation.log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/reconciliation.log" Tag="applmgmt-reconciliation" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #pnid_change.log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/pnid_change.log" Tag="applmgmt-pnid-change" Severity="info" Facility="local0") If the output does not match the expected result, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-62791r935329_fix)

Navigate to and open: /etc/vmware-syslog/vmware-services-applmgmt.conf Create the file if it does not exist. Set the contents of the file as follows: #applmgmt.log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/applmgmt.log" Tag="applmgmt" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #applmgmt-audit.log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt-audit/applmgmt-audit.log" Tag="applmgmt-audit" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #applmgmt-backup-restore-audit.log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt-audit/applmgmt-br-audit.log" Tag="applmgmt-br-audit" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #vami-access.log input(type="imfile" File="/opt/vmware/var/log/lighttpd/access.log" Tag="vami-access" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #vami-error.log input(type="imfile" File="/opt/vmware/var/log/lighttpd/error.log" Tag="vami-error" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #dcui.log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/dcui.log" Tag="dcui" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #detwist.log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/detwist.log" Tag="detwist" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #firewall-reload.log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/firewall-reload.log" Tag="firewall-reload" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #applmgmt_vmonsvc.std* input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/applmgmt_vmonsvc.std*" Tag="applmgmt_vmonsvc" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #backupSchedulerCron input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/backupSchedulerCron.log" Tag="backupSchedulerCron" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #progress.log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/progress.log" Tag="progress" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #statsmoitor-alarms input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/statsmon/statsmoitor-alarms.log" Tag="statsmoitor-alarms" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #StatsMonitor input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/statsmon/StatsMonitor.log" Tag="StatsMonitor" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #StatsMonitorStartup.log.std* input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/statsmon/StatsMonitorStartup.log.std*" Tag="StatsMonitor-Startup" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #PatchRunner input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/PatchRunner.log" Tag="PatchRunner" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #update_microservice input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/update_microservice.log" Tag="update_microservice" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #vami input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/vami.log" Tag="vami" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #vcdb_pre_patch input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/vcdb_pre_patch.*" Tag="vcdb_pre_patch" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #dnsmasq.log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/dnsmasq.log" Tag="dnsmasq" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #procstate input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/procstate" Tag="procstate" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #backup.log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/backup.log" Tag="applmgmt-backup" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #size.log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/size.log" Tag="applmgmt-size" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #restore.log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/restore.log" Tag="applmgmt-restore" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #reconciliation.log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/reconciliation.log" Tag="applmgmt-reconciliation" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #pnid_change.log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/pnid_change.log" Tag="applmgmt-pnid-change" Severity="info" Facility="local0")