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: 1 12 13 14 15 16 2 3 5 6 7 8 9

APO10.01 APO10.03 APO10.04 APO10.05 APO11.04 APO13.01 BAI03.05 BAI04.04 DSS01.03 DSS03.05 DSS05.02 DSS05.04 DSS05.05 DSS05.07 MEA01.01 MEA01.02 MEA01.03 MEA01.04 MEA01.05 MEA02.01

CCI-000366 CCI-001311 CCI-001312 CCI-001557 CCI-001851

164.312(a)(2)(ii)

4.3.2.6.7 4.3.3.3.9 4.3.3.5.8 4.3.4.4.7 4.4.2.1 4.4.2.2 4.4.2.4

SR 2.10 SR 2.11 SR 2.12 SR 2.8 SR 2.9 SR 6.1 SR 6.2 SR 7.1 SR 7.2

A.12.1.3 A.12.4.1 A.12.4.2 A.12.4.3 A.12.4.4 A.12.7.1 A.14.2.7 A.15.2.1 A.15.2.2 A.17.2.1

AU-4(1) CM-6(a)

DE.CM-1 DE.CM-3 DE.CM-7 ID.SC-4 PR.DS-4 PR.PT-1

SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

5.1.1.2
Updated: about 1 year ago


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

- name: Enable service rsyslog
  block:

  - name: Gather the package facts
    package_facts:
      manager: auto
  - name: Enable service rsyslog
    systemd:
      name: rsyslog
      enabled: 'yes'
      state: started
      masked: 'no'
    when:
    - '"rsyslog" in ansible_facts.packages'
  when: ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
  tags:
  - NIST-800-53-AU-4(1)
  - NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
  - enable_strategy
  - low_complexity
  - low_disruption
  - medium_severity
  - no_reboot_needed
  - service_rsyslog_enabled

# 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'

else
    >&2 echo 'Remediation is not applicable, nothing was done'
fi

include enable_rsyslog

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

Enable rsyslog Service

Description

Rationale

Remediation - OS Build Blueprint

Remediation - Ansible

Remediation - Shell Script

Remediation - Puppet