The vCenter STS 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-258984 | VCST-80-000081 | SV-258984r1210437_rule | CCI-001851 | medium |
| Description | ||||
| Information system logging capability is critical for accurate forensic analysis. Log record content that may be necessary to satisfy the requirement of this control includes, but is not limited to, time stamps, source and destination IP addresses, user/process identifiers, event descriptions, application-specific events, success/fail indications, filenames involved, and access control or flow control rules invoked. Off-loading is a common process in information systems with limited log storage capacity. Centralized management of log records provides for efficiency in maintenance and management of records, as well as the backup and archiving of those records. Application servers and their related components are required to off-load log records onto a different system or media than the system being logged. | ||||
| STIG | Date | |||
| VMware vSphere 8.0 vCenter Appliance Secure Token Service (STS) Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2026-05-23 | |||
Related Frameworks
1 mapping across 3 frameworks
Related 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.
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R2intersects(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 (34) 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.
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R2intersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R4our copyintersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R4intersects(normalised)
- DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R2intersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R4our copyintersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R4intersects(normalised)
- DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R2intersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R1our copyintersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V1R1intersects(normalised)
- DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R2intersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)2our copyintersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)2intersects(normalised)
- DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R2intersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)2our copyintersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)2intersects(normalised)
- DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R2intersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)1our copyintersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)1intersects(normalised)
- DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R2intersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R2our copyintersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R2intersects(normalised)
- DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R2intersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)2our copyintersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)2intersects(normalised)
- DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R2intersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)1our copyintersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)1intersects(normalised)
- DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R2intersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)2our copyintersects(normalised)
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)2intersects(normalised)
- DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
+24 more (top 10 by confidence shown)
CCI1 mapping
CCI-001851
1.00
- DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)V2R2intersects(normalised)
Details
Check Text (C-258984r1210437_chk)
By default, a vmware-services-sso-services.conf rsyslog configuration file includes the service logs when syslog is configured on vCenter, but it must be verified.
At the command prompt, run the following command:
# cat /etc/vmware-syslog/vmware-services-sso-services.conf
Expected result:
#vmidentity logs
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/sso/activedirectoryservice.log"
Tag="activedirectoryservice"
PersistStateInterval="200"
Severity="info"
startmsg.regex="^[[:digit:]]{4}-[[:digit:]]{1,2}-[[:digit:]]{1,2}T[[:digit:]]{1,2}:[[:digit:]]{1,2}:[[:digit:]]{1,2}.[[:digit:]]{0,3}Z"
Facility="local0"
deleteStateOnFileDelete="on"
reopenOnTruncate="on")
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/sso/lookupsvc-init.log"
Tag="ssolookupsvc-init"
PersistStateInterval="200"
Severity="info"
startmsg.regex="^[[:digit:]]{4}-[[:digit:]]{1,2}-[[:digit:]]{1,2}T[[:digit:]]{1,2}:[[:digit:]]{1,2}:[[:digit:]]{1,2}.[[:digit:]]{0,3}Z"
Facility="local0"
deleteStateOnFileDelete="on"
reopenOnTruncate="on")
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/sso/openidconnect.log"
Tag="openidconnect"
PersistStateInterval="200"
Severity="info"
startmsg.regex="^[[:digit:]]{4}-[[:digit:]]{1,2}-[[:digit:]]{1,2}T[[:digit:]]{1,2}:[[:digit:]]{1,2}:[[:digit:]]{1,2}.[[:digit:]]{0,3}Z"
Facility="local0"
deleteStateOnFileDelete="on"
reopenOnTruncate="on")
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/sso/ssoAdminServer.log"
Tag="ssoadminserver"
PersistStateInterval="200"
Severity="info"
startmsg.regex="^[[:digit:]]{4}-[[:digit:]]{1,2}-[[:digit:]]{1,2}T[[:digit:]]{1,2}:[[:digit:]]{1,2}:[[:digit:]]{1,2}.[[:digit:]]{0,3}Z"
Facility="local0"
deleteStateOnFileDelete="on"
reopenOnTruncate="on")
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/sso/svcaccountmgmt.log"
Tag="svcaccountmgmt"
PersistStateInterval="200"
Severity="info"
startmsg.regex="^[[:digit:]]{4}-[[:digit:]]{1,2}-[[:digit:]]{1,2}T[[:digit:]]{1,2}:[[:digit:]]{1,2}:[[:digit:]]{1,2}.[[:digit:]]{0,3}Z"
Facility="local0"
deleteStateOnFileDelete="on"
reopenOnTruncate="on")
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/sso/tokenservice.log"
Tag="tokenservice"
PersistStateInterval="200"
Severity="info"
startmsg.regex="^[[:digit:]]{4}-[[:digit:]]{1,2}-[[:digit:]]{1,2}T[[:digit:]]{1,2}:[[:digit:]]{1,2}:[[:digit:]]{1,2}.[[:digit:]]{0,3}Z"
Facility="local0"
deleteStateOnFileDelete="on"
reopenOnTruncate="on")
#sts health log
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/sso/sts-health-status.log"
Tag="sts-health-status"
PersistStateInterval="200"
Severity="info"
startmsg.regex="^[[:digit:]]{4}-[[:digit:]]{1,2}-[[:digit:]]{1,2} [[:digit:]]{1,2}:[[:digit:]]{1,2}:[[:digit:]]{1,2},[[:digit:]]{0,4}"
Facility="local0"
deleteStateOnFileDelete="on"
reopenOnTruncate="on")
#sts runtime log stdout
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/sso/sts-runtime.log.stdout"
Tag="sts-runtime-stdout"
PersistStateInterval="200"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0"
deleteStateOnFileDelete="on"
reopenOnTruncate="on")
#sts runtime log stderr
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/sso/sts-runtime.log.stderr"
Tag="sts-runtime-stderr"
PersistStateInterval="200"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0"
deleteStateOnFileDelete="on"
reopenOnTruncate="on")
#gclogFile.0.current log
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/sso/gclogFile.*.current"
Tag="gclog"
PersistStateInterval="200"
Severity="info"
startmsg.regex="^[[:digit:]]{4}-[[:digit:]]{1,2}-[[:digit:]]{1,2}T[[:digit:]]{1,2}:[[:digit:]]{1,2}:[[:digit:]]{1,2}.[[:digit:]]{0,3}+[[:digit:]]{0,4}"
Facility="local0"
deleteStateOnFileDelete="on"
reopenOnTruncate="on")
#identity sts default
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/sso/vmware-identity-sts-default.log"
Tag="sso-identity-sts-default"
PersistStateInterval="200"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0"
deleteStateOnFileDelete="on"
reopenOnTruncate="on")
#identity sts
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/sso/vmware-identity-sts.log"
Tag="sso-identity-sts"
PersistStateInterval="200"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0"
deleteStateOnFileDelete="on"
reopenOnTruncate="on")
#identity perf
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/sso/vmware-identity-sts-perf.log"
Tag="sso-identity-perf"
PersistStateInterval="200"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0"
deleteStateOnFileDelete="on"
reopenOnTruncate="on")
#identity prestart
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/sso/sts-prestart.log"
Tag="sso-identity-prestart"
PersistStateInterval="200"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0"
deleteStateOnFileDelete="on"
reopenOnTruncate="on")
#rest idm
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/sso/vmware-rest-idm.log"
Tag="sso-rest-idm"
PersistStateInterval="200"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0"
deleteStateOnFileDelete="on"
reopenOnTruncate="on")
#rest vmdir
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/sso/vmware-rest-vmdir.log"
Tag="sso-rest-vmdir"
PersistStateInterval="200"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0"
deleteStateOnFileDelete="on"
reopenOnTruncate="on")
#rest afd
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/sso/vmware-rest-afd.log"
Tag="sso-rest-afd"
PersistStateInterval="200"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0"
deleteStateOnFileDelete="on"
reopenOnTruncate="on")
#websso
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/sso/websso.log"
Tag="sso-websso"
PersistStateInterval="200"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0"
deleteStateOnFileDelete="on"
reopenOnTruncate="on")
#tomcat catalina
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/sso/tomcat/catalina.*.log"
Tag="sso-tomcat-catalina"
PersistStateInterval="200"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0"
deleteStateOnFileDelete="on"
reopenOnTruncate="on")
#tomcat localhost
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/sso/tomcat/localhost.*.log"
Tag="sso-tomcat-localhost"
PersistStateInterval="200"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0"
deleteStateOnFileDelete="on"
reopenOnTruncate="on")
#tomcat localhost access
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/sso/tomcat/localhost_access.log"
Tag="sso-tomcat-localhost-access"
PersistStateInterval="200"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0"
deleteStateOnFileDelete="on"
reopenOnTruncate="on")
#vmdir log
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/vmdir/*.log"
Tag="vmdir"
PersistStateInterval="200"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0"
deleteStateOnFileDelete="on"
reopenOnTruncate="on")
#vmafd log
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/vmafd/*.log"
Tag="vmafd"
PersistStateInterval="200"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0"
deleteStateOnFileDelete="on"
reopenOnTruncate="on")
Note: If the entries for "deleteStateOnFileDelete" and "reopenOnTruncate" do not exist, this is not a finding.
If the output does not match the expected result, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-62633r1210436_fix)
Navigate to and open:
/etc/vmware-syslog/vmware-services-sso-services.conf
Create the file if it does not exist.
Set the contents of the file as follows:
#vmidentity logs
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/sso/activedirectoryservice.log"
Tag="activedirectoryservice"
PersistStateInterval="200"
Severity="info"
startmsg.regex="^[[:digit:]]{4}-[[:digit:]]{1,2}-[[:digit:]]{1,2}T[[:digit:]]{1,2}:[[:digit:]]{1,2}:[[:digit:]]{1,2}.[[:digit:]]{0,3}Z"
Facility="local0"
deleteStateOnFileDelete="on"
reopenOnTruncate="on")
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/sso/lookupsvc-init.log"
Tag="ssolookupsvc-init"
PersistStateInterval="200"
Severity="info"
startmsg.regex="^[[:digit:]]{4}-[[:digit:]]{1,2}-[[:digit:]]{1,2}T[[:digit:]]{1,2}:[[:digit:]]{1,2}:[[:digit:]]{1,2}.[[:digit:]]{0,3}Z"
Facility="local0"
deleteStateOnFileDelete="on"
reopenOnTruncate="on")
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/sso/openidconnect.log"
Tag="openidconnect"
PersistStateInterval="200"
Severity="info"
startmsg.regex="^[[:digit:]]{4}-[[:digit:]]{1,2}-[[:digit:]]{1,2}T[[:digit:]]{1,2}:[[:digit:]]{1,2}:[[:digit:]]{1,2}.[[:digit:]]{0,3}Z"
Facility="local0"
deleteStateOnFileDelete="on"
reopenOnTruncate="on")
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/sso/ssoAdminServer.log"
Tag="ssoadminserver"
PersistStateInterval="200"
Severity="info"
startmsg.regex="^[[:digit:]]{4}-[[:digit:]]{1,2}-[[:digit:]]{1,2}T[[:digit:]]{1,2}:[[:digit:]]{1,2}:[[:digit:]]{1,2}.[[:digit:]]{0,3}Z"
Facility="local0"
deleteStateOnFileDelete="on"
reopenOnTruncate="on")
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/sso/svcaccountmgmt.log"
Tag="svcaccountmgmt"
PersistStateInterval="200"
Severity="info"
startmsg.regex="^[[:digit:]]{4}-[[:digit:]]{1,2}-[[:digit:]]{1,2}T[[:digit:]]{1,2}:[[:digit:]]{1,2}:[[:digit:]]{1,2}.[[:digit:]]{0,3}Z"
Facility="local0"
deleteStateOnFileDelete="on"
reopenOnTruncate="on")
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/sso/tokenservice.log"
Tag="tokenservice"
PersistStateInterval="200"
Severity="info"
startmsg.regex="^[[:digit:]]{4}-[[:digit:]]{1,2}-[[:digit:]]{1,2}T[[:digit:]]{1,2}:[[:digit:]]{1,2}:[[:digit:]]{1,2}.[[:digit:]]{0,3}Z"
Facility="local0"
deleteStateOnFileDelete="on"
reopenOnTruncate="on")
#sts health log
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/sso/sts-health-status.log"
Tag="sts-health-status"
PersistStateInterval="200"
Severity="info"
startmsg.regex="^[[:digit:]]{4}-[[:digit:]]{1,2}-[[:digit:]]{1,2} [[:digit:]]{1,2}:[[:digit:]]{1,2}:[[:digit:]]{1,2},[[:digit:]]{0,4}"
Facility="local0"
deleteStateOnFileDelete="on"
reopenOnTruncate="on")
#sts runtime log stdout
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/sso/sts-runtime.log.stdout"
Tag="sts-runtime-stdout"
PersistStateInterval="200"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0"
deleteStateOnFileDelete="on"
reopenOnTruncate="on")
#sts runtime log stderr
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/sso/sts-runtime.log.stderr"
Tag="sts-runtime-stderr"
PersistStateInterval="200"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0"
deleteStateOnFileDelete="on"
reopenOnTruncate="on")
#gclogFile.0.current log
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/sso/gclogFile.*.current"
Tag="gclog"
PersistStateInterval="200"
Severity="info"
startmsg.regex="^[[:digit:]]{4}-[[:digit:]]{1,2}-[[:digit:]]{1,2}T[[:digit:]]{1,2}:[[:digit:]]{1,2}:[[:digit:]]{1,2}.[[:digit:]]{0,3}+[[:digit:]]{0,4}"
Facility="local0"
deleteStateOnFileDelete="on"
reopenOnTruncate="on")
#identity sts default
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/sso/vmware-identity-sts-default.log"
Tag="sso-identity-sts-default"
PersistStateInterval="200"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0"
deleteStateOnFileDelete="on"
reopenOnTruncate="on")
#identity sts
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/sso/vmware-identity-sts.log"
Tag="sso-identity-sts"
PersistStateInterval="200"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0"
deleteStateOnFileDelete="on"
reopenOnTruncate="on")
#identity perf
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/sso/vmware-identity-sts-perf.log"
Tag="sso-identity-perf"
PersistStateInterval="200"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0"
deleteStateOnFileDelete="on"
reopenOnTruncate="on")
#identity prestart
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/sso/sts-prestart.log"
Tag="sso-identity-prestart"
PersistStateInterval="200"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0"
deleteStateOnFileDelete="on"
reopenOnTruncate="on")
#rest idm
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/sso/vmware-rest-idm.log"
Tag="sso-rest-idm"
PersistStateInterval="200"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0"
deleteStateOnFileDelete="on"
reopenOnTruncate="on")
#rest vmdir
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/sso/vmware-rest-vmdir.log"
Tag="sso-rest-vmdir"
PersistStateInterval="200"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0"
deleteStateOnFileDelete="on"
reopenOnTruncate="on")
#rest afd
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/sso/vmware-rest-afd.log"
Tag="sso-rest-afd"
PersistStateInterval="200"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0"
deleteStateOnFileDelete="on"
reopenOnTruncate="on")
#websso
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/sso/websso.log"
Tag="sso-websso"
PersistStateInterval="200"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0"
deleteStateOnFileDelete="on"
reopenOnTruncate="on")
#tomcat catalina
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/sso/tomcat/catalina.*.log"
Tag="sso-tomcat-catalina"
PersistStateInterval="200"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0"
deleteStateOnFileDelete="on"
reopenOnTruncate="on")
#tomcat localhost
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/sso/tomcat/localhost.*.log"
Tag="sso-tomcat-localhost"
PersistStateInterval="200"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0"
deleteStateOnFileDelete="on"
reopenOnTruncate="on")
#tomcat localhost access
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/sso/tomcat/localhost_access.log"
Tag="sso-tomcat-localhost-access"
PersistStateInterval="200"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0"
deleteStateOnFileDelete="on"
reopenOnTruncate="on")
#vmdir log
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/vmdir/*.log"
Tag="vmdir"
PersistStateInterval="200"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0"
deleteStateOnFileDelete="on"
reopenOnTruncate="on")
#vmafd log
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/vmafd/*.log"
Tag="vmafd"
PersistStateInterval="200"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0"
deleteStateOnFileDelete="on"
reopenOnTruncate="on")