The rsyslog must be configured to monitor VAMI logs.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

For performance reasons, rsyslog file monitoring is preferred over configuring VAMI to send events to a syslog facility. Without ensuring that logs are created, rsyslog configs are created, and those configs are loaded, the log file monitoring and shipping will not be effective. VAMI syslog configuration is included by default as part of the VMware-visl-integration package. The shipping state of the configuration file must be verified and maintained. Satisfies: SRG-APP-000125-WSR-000071, SRG-APP-000358-WSR-000063, SRG-APP-000358-WSR-000163

ID: SV-256652r888478_rule
Version: VCLD-70-000008
Severity: Medium
References: CCI-001348 CCI-001851
Updated: about 2 months ago

Remediation Templates

Navigate to and open:

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

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

#applmgmt.log
input(type="imfile"
      File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/applmgmt.log"
      Tag="applmgmt"
      Severity="info"
      Facility="local0")
#applmgmt-audit.log
input(type="imfile"
      File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt-audit/applmgmt-audit.log"
      Tag="applmgmt-audit"
      Severity="info"
      Facility="local0")
#applmgmt-backup-restore-audit.log
input(type="imfile"
      File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt-audit/applmgmt-br-audit.log"
      Tag="applmgmt-br-audit"
      Severity="info"
      Facility="local0")
#vami-access.log
input(type="imfile"
      File="/opt/vmware/var/log/lighttpd/access.log"
      Tag="vami-access"
      Severity="info"
      Facility="local0")
#vami-error.log
input(type="imfile"
      File="/opt/vmware/var/log/lighttpd/error.log"
      Tag="vami-error"
      Severity="info"
      Facility="local0")
#dcui.log
input(type="imfile"
      File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/dcui.log"
      Tag="dcui"
      Severity="info"
      Facility="local0")
#detwist.log
input(type="imfile"
      File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/detwist.log"
      Tag="detwist"
      Severity="info"
      Facility="local0")
#firewall-reload.log
input(type="imfile"
      File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/firewall-reload.log"
      Tag="firewall-reload"
      Severity="info"
      Facility="local0")
#applmgmt_vmonsvc.std*
input(type="imfile"
      File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/applmgmt_vmonsvc.std*"
      Tag="applmgmt_vmonsvc"
      Severity="info"
      Facility="local0")
#backupSchedulerCron
input(type="imfile"
      File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/backupSchedulerCron.log"
      Tag="backupSchedulerCron"
      Severity="info"
      Facility="local0")
#progress.log
input(type="imfile"
      File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/progress.log"
      Tag="progress"
      Severity="info"
      Facility="local0")
#statsmonitor-alarms
input(type="imfile"
      File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/statsmonitor-alarms.log"
      Tag="statsmonitor-alarms"
      Severity="info"
      Facility="local0")
#StatsMonitor
input(type="imfile"
      File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/StatsMonitor.log"
      Tag="StatsMonitor"
      Severity="info"
      Facility="local0")
#StatsMonitorStartup.log.std*
input(type="imfile"
      File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/StatsMonitorStartup.log.std*"
      Tag="StatsMonitor-Startup"
      Severity="info"
      Facility="local0")
#PatchRunner
input(type="imfile"
      File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/PatchRunner.log"
      Tag="PatchRunner"
      Severity="info"
      Facility="local0")
#update_microservice
input(type="imfile"
      File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/update_microservice.log"
      Tag="update_microservice"
      Severity="info"
      Facility="local0")
#vami
input(type="imfile"
      File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/vami.log"
      Tag="vami"
      Severity="info"
      Facility="local0")
#vcdb_pre_patch
input(type="imfile"
      File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/vcdb_pre_patch.*"
      Tag="vcdb_pre_patch"
      Severity="info"
      Facility="local0")
#dnsmasq.log
input(type="imfile"
      File="/var/log/vmware/dnsmasq.log"
      Tag="dnsmasq"
      Severity="info"
      Facility="local0")
#procstate
input(type="imfile"
      File="/var/log/vmware/procstate"
      Tag="procstate"
      Severity="info"
      Facility="local0")
#backup.log
input(type="imfile"
      File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/backup.log"
      Tag="applmgmt-backup"
      Severity="info"
      Facility="local0")
#size.log
input(type="imfile"
      File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/size.log"
      Tag="applmgmt-size"
      Severity="info"
      Facility="local0")
#restore.log
input(type="imfile"
      File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/restore.log"
      Tag="applmgmt-restore"
      Severity="info"
      Facility="local0")
#reconciliation.log
input(type="imfile"
      File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/reconciliation.log"
      Tag="applmgmt-reconciliation"
      Severity="info"
      Facility="local0")
#pnid_change.log
input(type="imfile"
      File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/pnid_change.log"
      Tag="applmgmt-pnid-change"
      Severity="info"
      Facility="local0")
      File="/opt/vmware/var/log/lighttpd/error.log"
      Tag="vami-error"
      Severity="info"
      Facility="local0")
input(type="imfile"
      File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/dcui.log"
      Tag="dcui"
      Severity="info"
      Facility="local0")
input(type="imfile"
      File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/detwist.log"
      Tag="detwist"
      Severity="info"
      Facility="local0")
input(type="imfile"
      File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/firewall-reload.log"
      Tag="firewall-reload"
      Severity="info"
      Facility="local0")
input(type="imfile"
      File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/applmgmt_vmonsvc.std*"
      Tag="applmgmt_vmonsvc"
      Severity="info"
      Facility="local0")
input(type="imfile"
      File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/backupSchedulerCron.log"
      Tag="backupSchedulerCron"
      Severity="info"
      Facility="local0")
input(type="imfile"
      File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/progress.log"
      Tag="progress"
      Severity="info"
      Facility="local0")
input(type="imfile"
      File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/statsmoitor-alarms.log"
      Tag="statsmoitor-alarms"
      Severity="info"
      Facility="local0")
input(type="imfile"
      File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/StatsMonitor.log"
      Tag="StatsMonitor"
      Severity="info"
      Facility="local0")
input(type="imfile"
      File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/StatsMonitorStartup.log.std*"
      Tag="StatsMonitor-Startup"
      Severity="info"
      Facility="local0")
input(type="imfile"
      File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/PatchRunner.log"
      Tag="PatchRunner"
      Severity="info"
      Facility="local0")
input(type="imfile"
      File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/update_microservice.log"
      Tag="update_microservice"
      Severity="info"
      Facility="local0")
input(type="imfile"
      File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/vami.log"
      Tag="vami"
      Severity="info"
      Facility="local0")
input(type="imfile"
      File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/vcdb_pre_patch.*"
      Tag="vcdb_pre_patch"
      Severity="info"
      Facility="local0")
input(type="imfile"
      File="/var/log/vmware/dnsmasq.log"
      Tag="dnsmasq"
      Severity="info"
      Facility="local0")
input(type="imfile"
      File="/var/log/vmware/procstate"
      Tag="procstate"
      Severity="info"
      Facility="local0")
input(type="imfile"
      File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/backup.log"
      Tag="applmgmt-backup"
      Severity="info"
      Facility="local0")
input(type="imfile"
      File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/size.log"
      Tag="applmgmt-size"
      Severity="info"
      Facility="local0")
input(type="imfile"
      File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/restore.log"
      Tag="applmgmt-restore"
      Severity="info"
      Facility="local0")
input(type="imfile"
      File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/reconciliation.log"
      Tag="applmgmt-reconciliation"
      Severity="info"
      Facility="local0")
input(type="imfile"
      File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/pnid_change.log"
      Tag="applmgmt-pnid-change"
      Severity="info"
      Facility="local0")

The rsyslog must be configured to monitor VAMI logs.

Description

Remediation Templates

A Manual Procedure