Rsyslog must be configured to monitor and ship Performance Charts log files.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

Performance Charts produces several logs that must be offloaded from the originating system. This information can then be used for diagnostic purposes, forensics purposes, or other purposes relevant to ensuring the availability and integrity of the hosted application. Satisfies: SRG-APP-000358-WSR-000163, SRG-APP-000125-WSR-000071

ID: SV-256640r888411_rule
Version: VCPF-70-000030
Severity: Medium
References: CCI-001348 CCI-001851
Updated: about 2 months ago

Remediation Templates

Navigate to and open:

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

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

#stats
input(type="imfile"
      File="/var/log/vmware/perfcharts/stats.log"
      Tag="perfcharts-stats"
      Severity="info"
      Facility="local0")
#localhost_access_log
input(type="imfile"
      File="/var/log/vmware/perfcharts/localhost_access_log.txt"
      Tag="perfcharts-localhost_access"
      Severity="info"
      Facility="local0")
#vmware-perfcharts-gc.log
input(type="imfile"
      File="/var/log/vmware/perfcharts/vmware-perfcharts-gc.log.*.current"
      Tag="perfcharts-gc"
      Severity="info"
      Facility="local0")
#vmware-perfcharts-runtime.log
input(type="imfile"
      File="/var/log/vmware/perfcharts/vmware-perfcharts-runtime.log.std*"
      Tag="perfcharts-runtime"
      Severity="info"
      Facility="local0")

Rsyslog must be configured to monitor and ship Performance Charts log files.

Description

Remediation Templates

A Manual Procedure