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Ensure syslog-ng is Installed

An XCCDF Rule

Description

syslog-ng can be installed in replacement of rsyslog. The syslog-ng-core package can be installed with the following command: 
$ sudo yum install syslog-ng-core

Rationale

The syslog-ng-core package provides the syslog-ng daemon, which provides system logging services.

ID
xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_package_syslogng_installed
Severity
Medium
References
Updated

Remediation Templates

Anaconda Pre-Install Instructions

package --add=syslog-ng

OS Build Blueprint

[[packages]]
name = "syslog-ng"
version = "*"

An Ansible Snippet

- name: Ensure syslog-ng is installed
  package:
    name: syslog-ng
    state: present
  when: ansible_virtualization_type not in ["docker", "lxc", "openvz", "podman", "container"]
  tags:

A Puppet Snippet

include install_syslog-ng
class install_syslog-ng {
  package { 'syslog-ng':
    ensure => 'installed',
  }
}

A Shell Script

# Remediation is applicable only in certain platforms
if [ ! -f /.dockerenv ] && [ ! -f /run/.containerenv ]; then
if ! rpm -q --quiet "syslog-ng" ; then
    yum install -y "syslog-ng"
fi