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Ensure rsyslog-gnutls is installed

An XCCDF Rule

Description

TLS protocol support for rsyslog is installed. The rsyslog-module-gtls package can be installed with the following command:

$ sudo zypper install rsyslog-module-gtls

Rationale

The rsyslog-gnutls package provides Transport Layer Security (TLS) support for the rsyslog daemon, which enables secure remote logging.

ID
xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_package_rsyslog-gnutls_installed
Severity
Medium
References
Updated



Remediation - OS Build Blueprint


[[packages]]
name = "rsyslog-module-gtls"
version = "*"

Remediation - Ansible

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

Remediation - Puppet

include install_rsyslog-module-gtls

class install_rsyslog-module-gtls {
  package { 'rsyslog-module-gtls':
    ensure => 'installed',
  }

Remediation - Shell Script

# Remediation is applicable only in certain platforms
if [ ! -f /.dockerenv ] && [ ! -f /run/.containerenv ]; then

zypper install -y "rsyslog-module-gtls"

else