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Enable rsyslog Service

An XCCDF Rule

Description

The rsyslog service provides syslog-style logging by default on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. The rsyslog service can be enabled with the following command: 
$ sudo systemctl enable rsyslog.service

Rationale

The rsyslog service must be running in order to provide logging services, which are essential to system administration.

ID
xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_service_rsyslog_enabled
Severity
Medium
References
Updated

Remediation Templates

OS Build Blueprint

[customizations.services]
enabled = ["rsyslog"]

An Ansible Snippet

- name: Enable service rsyslog
  block:
  - name: Gather the package facts
    package_facts:
      manager: auto

A Puppet Snippet

include enable_rsyslog
class enable_rsyslog {
  service {'rsyslog':
    enable => true,
    ensure => 'running',
  }
}

A Shell Script

# Remediation is applicable only in certain platforms
if [ ! -f /.dockerenv ] && [ ! -f /run/.containerenv ]; then
SYSTEMCTL_EXEC='/usr/bin/systemctl'
"$SYSTEMCTL_EXEC" unmask 'rsyslog.service'
"$SYSTEMCTL_EXEC" start 'rsyslog.service'
"$SYSTEMCTL_EXEC" enable 'rsyslog.service'