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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 - Puppet

include enable_systemd-journald

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

Remediation - Shell Script

# Remediation is applicable only in certain platforms
if [ ! -f /.dockerenv ] && [ ! -f /run/.containerenv ]; then

SYSTEMCTL_EXEC='/usr/bin/systemctl'
"$SYSTEMCTL_EXEC" unmask 'systemd-journald.service'
"$SYSTEMCTL_EXEC" start 'systemd-journald.service'

Remediation - OS Build Blueprint


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

Remediation - Ansible

- name: Enable service systemd-journald
  block:

  - name: Gather the package facts
    package_facts:
      manager: auto