The vCenter Envoy service log files must be sent to a central log server.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

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ID: SV-259164r961395_rule
Severity: Medium
References: CCI-001851
Updated: 19 days ago

Navigate to and open:

/etc/vmware-syslog/vmware-services-envoy.conf

Create the file if it does not exist.
Set the contents of the file as follows:

#envoy service log
input(type="imfile"
      File="/var/log/vmware/envoy/envoy.log"
      Tag="envoy-main"
      Severity="info"
      Facility="local0")
#envoy access log
input(type="imfile"
      File="/var/log/vmware/envoy/envoy-access.log"
      Tag="envoy-access"
      Severity="info"
      Facility="local0")
#envoy init stdout
input(type="imfile"
      File="/var/log/vmware/envoy/envoy_init.log.stdout"
      Tag="envoy-stdout"
      Severity="info"
      Facility="local0")
#envoy init stderr
input(type="imfile"
      File="/var/log/vmware/envoy/envoy_init.log.stderr"
      Tag="envoy-stderr"
      Severity="info"
      Facility="local0")

The vCenter Envoy service log files must be sent to a central log server.

Description

Remediation - Manual Procedure