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Enable systemd-journald Service

An XCCDF Rule

Description

The systemd-journald service is an essential component of systemd. The systemd-journald service can be enabled with the following command: 
$ sudo systemctl enable systemd-journald.service

Rationale

In the event of a system failure, Oracle Linux 7 must preserve any information necessary to determine cause of failure and any information necessary to return to operations with least disruption to system processes.

ID
xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_service_systemd-journald_enabled
Severity
Medium
References
Updated

Remediation Templates

OS Build Blueprint

[customizations.services]
enabled = ["systemd-journald"]

A Shell Script

# Remediation is applicable only in certain platforms
if rpm --quiet -q kernel; then
SYSTEMCTL_EXEC='/usr/bin/systemctl'
"$SYSTEMCTL_EXEC" unmask 'systemd-journald.service'
"$SYSTEMCTL_EXEC" start 'systemd-journald.service'
"$SYSTEMCTL_EXEC" enable 'systemd-journald.service'

A Puppet Snippet

include enable_systemd-journald
class enable_systemd-journald {
  service {'systemd-journald':
    enable => true,
    ensure => 'running',
  }
}

An Ansible Snippet

- name: Gather the package facts
  package_facts:
    manager: auto
  tags:
  - NIST-800-53-SC-24
  - enable_strategy