vSphere UI log files must be moved to a permanent repository in accordance with site policy.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

vSphere UI produces several logs that must be offloaded from the originating system. This information can then be used for diagnostic, forensics, or other purposes relevant to ensuring the availability and integrity of the hosted application. vSphere UI 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-000358-WSR-000163, SRG-APP-000108-WSR-000166, SRG-APP-000125-WSR-000071

ID: SV-256806r889417_rule
Version: VCUI-70-000029
Severity: Medium
References: CCI-000139 CCI-001348 CCI-001851
Updated: about 2 months ago

Remediation Templates

Navigate to and open: 
 
/etc/vmware-syslog/vmware-services-vsphere-ui.conf 
 
Create the file if it does not exist. 
 Set the contents of the file as follows: 
 
input(type="imfile" 
      File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/vsphere_client_virgo.log" 
      Tag="ui-main" 
      Severity="info" 
      Facility="local0") 
input(type="imfile" 
      File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/changelog.log" 
      Tag="ui-changelog" 
      Severity="info" 
      Facility="local0") 
input(type="imfile" 
      File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/dataservice.log" 
      Tag="ui-dataservice" 
      Severity="info" 
      Facility="local0") 
input(type="imfile" 
      File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/apigw.log" 
      Tag="ui-apigw" 
      Severity="info" 
      Facility="local0") 
input(type="imfile" 
      File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/equinox.log" 
      Tag="ui-equinox" 
      Severity="info" 
      Facility="local0") 
input(type="imfile" 
      File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/eventlog.log" 
      Tag="ui-eventlog" 
      Severity="info" 
      Facility="local0") 
input(type="imfile" 
      File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/httpRequest.log" 
      Tag="ui-httpRequest" 
      Severity="info" 
      Facility="local0") 
input(type="imfile" 
      File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/opid.log" 
      Tag="ui-opid" 
      Severity="info" 
      Facility="local0") 
input(type="imfile" 
      File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/osgi.log" 
      Tag="ui-osgi" 
      Severity="info" 
      Facility="local0") 
input(type="imfile" 
      File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/performanceAudit.log" 
      Tag="ui-performanceAudit" 
      Severity="info" 
      Facility="local0") 
input(type="imfile" 
      File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/plugin-medic.log" 
      Tag="ui-plugin-medic" 
      Severity="info" 
      Facility="local0") 
input(type="imfile" 
      File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/threadmonitor.log" 
      Tag="ui-threadmonitor" 
      Severity="info" 
      Facility="local0") 
input(type="imfile" 
      File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/threadpools.log" 
      Tag="ui-threadpools" 
      Severity="info" 
      Facility="local0") 
input(type="imfile" 
      File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/vspheremessaging.log" 
      Tag="ui-vspheremessaging" 
      Severity="info" 
      Facility="local0") 
input(type="imfile" 
      File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/vsphere-ui-rpm.log" 
      Tag="ui-rpm" 
      Severity="info" 
      Facility="local0") 
input(type="imfile" 
      File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/vsphere-ui-runtime*" 
      Tag="ui-runtime" 
      Severity="info" 
      Facility="local0") 
input(type="imfile" 
      File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/access/localhost_access*" 
      Tag="ui-access" 
      Severity="info" 
      Facility="local0") 
input(type="imfile" 
      File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/vsphere-ui-gc*" 
      Tag="ui-gc" 
      Severity="info" 
      Facility="local0") 
input(type="imfile" 
      File="/var/log/firstboot/vsphere_ui_firstboot*" 
      Tag="ui-firstboot" 
      Severity="info" 
      Facility="local0")

vSphere UI log files must be moved to a permanent repository in accordance with site policy.

Description

Remediation Templates

A Manual Procedure