The vCenter ESX Agent Manager service must offload log records onto a different system or media from the system being logged.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

<VulnDiscussion>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. Offloading 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 offload log records onto a different system or media than the system being logged.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>

ID: SV-259016r934706_rule
Severity: Medium
References: CCI-001851
Updated: 8 months ago

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_api.log
input(type="imfile"
      File="/var/log/vmware/eam/eam_api.log"
      Tag="eam-api"
      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")

The vCenter ESX Agent Manager service must offload log records onto a different system or media from the system being logged.

Description

Remediation - Manual Procedure