Amazon Linux 2023 systemd-journald service must be enabled.
Severity | Group ID | Group Title | Version | Rule ID | Date | STIG Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| medium | V-274000 | SRG-OS-000269-GPOS-00103 | AZLX-23-000135 | SV-274000r1119988_rule | 2026-05-22 | 1 |
Description
Failure to a known state can address safety or security in accordance with the mission/business needs of the organization. Failure to a known secure state helps prevent a loss of confidentiality, integrity, or availability in the event of a failure of the information system or a component of the system.
Preserving operating system state information helps to facilitate operating system restart and return to the operational mode of the organization with least disruption to mission/business processes.
ℹ️ Check
Verify Amazon Linux 2023 is configured so that "systemd-journald" is active with the following command:
$ systemctl is-active systemd-journald
active
If the systemd-journald service is not active, this is a finding.
✔️ Fix
Configure Amazon Linux 2023 to enable the systemd-journald service with the following command:
$ sudo systemctl enable --now systemd-journald