The vCenter VAMI service must off-load log records onto a different system or media from the system being logged.

Protection of log data includes ensuring log data is not accidentally lost or deleted. Backing up log records to an unrelated system or onto separate media than the system the web server is actually running on helps to ensure that, in the event of a catastrophic system failure, the log records will be retained.

Satisfies: SRG-APP-000125-WSR-000071, SRG-APP-000358-WSR-000063, SRG-APP-000358-WSR-000163

By default, a vmware-services-applmgmt.conf rsyslog configuration file includes the service logs when syslog is configured on vCenter, but it must be verified.

At the command prompt, run the following command:

# cat /etc/vmware-syslog/vmware-services-applmgmt.conf

Expected result:

#applmgmt.log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/applmgmt.log" Tag="applmgmt" Severity="info" Facility="local0" deleteStateOnFileDelete="on" reopenOnTruncate="on") #applmgmt-audit.log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt-audit/applmgmt-audit.log" Tag="applmgmt-audit" Severity="info" Facility="local0" deleteStateOnFileDelete="on" reopenOnTruncate="on") #applmgmt-backup-restore-audit.log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt-audit/applmgmt-br-audit.log" Tag="applmgmt-br-audit" Severity="info" Facility="local0" deleteStateOnFileDelete="on" reopenOnTruncate="on") #vami-access.log input(type="imfile" File="/opt/vmware/var/log/lighttpd/access.log" Tag="vami-access" Severity="info" Facility="local0" deleteStateOnFileDelete="on" reopenOnTruncate="on") #vami-error.log input(type="imfile" File="/opt/vmware/var/log/lighttpd/error.log" Tag="vami-error" Severity="info" Facility="local0" deleteStateOnFileDelete="on" reopenOnTruncate="on") #dcui.log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/dcui.log" Tag="dcui" Severity="info" Facility="local0" deleteStateOnFileDelete="on" reopenOnTruncate="on") #detwist.log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/detwist.log" Tag="detwist" Severity="info" Facility="local0" deleteStateOnFileDelete="on" reopenOnTruncate="on") #firewall-reload.log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/firewall-reload.log" Tag="firewall-reload" Severity="info" Facility="local0" deleteStateOnFileDelete="on" reopenOnTruncate="on") #applmgmt_vmonsvc.std* input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/applmgmt_vmonsvc.stdout" Tag="applmgmt_vmonsvc" Severity="info" Facility="local0" deleteStateOnFileDelete="on" reopenOnTruncate="on") input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/applmgmt_vmonsvc.stderr" Tag="applmgmt_vmonsvc" Severity="info" Facility="local0" deleteStateOnFileDelete="on" reopenOnTruncate="on") #backupSchedulerCron input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/backupSchedulerCron.log" Tag="backupSchedulerCron" Severity="info" Facility="local0" deleteStateOnFileDelete="on" reopenOnTruncate="on") #progress.log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/progress.log" Tag="progress" Severity="info" Facility="local0" deleteStateOnFileDelete="on" reopenOnTruncate="on") #statsmoitor-alarms input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/statsmon/statsmoitor-alarms.log" Tag="statsmoitor-alarms" Severity="info" Facility="local0" deleteStateOnFileDelete="on" reopenOnTruncate="on") #StatsMonitor input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/statsmon/StatsMonitor.log" Tag="StatsMonitor" Severity="info" Facility="local0" deleteStateOnFileDelete="on" reopenOnTruncate="on") #StatsMonitorStartup.log.std* input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/statsmon/StatsMonitorStartup.log.std*" Tag="StatsMonitor-Startup" Severity="info" Facility="local0" deleteStateOnFileDelete="on" reopenOnTruncate="on") #PatchRunner input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/PatchRunner.log" Tag="PatchRunner" Severity="info" Facility="local0" deleteStateOnFileDelete="on" reopenOnTruncate="on") #update_microservice input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/update_microservice.log" Tag="update_microservice" Severity="info" Facility="local0" deleteStateOnFileDelete="on" reopenOnTruncate="on") #vami input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/vami.log" Tag="vami" Severity="info" Facility="local0" deleteStateOnFileDelete="on" reopenOnTruncate="on") #vcdb_pre_patch input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/vcdb_pre_patch.*" Tag="vcdb_pre_patch" Severity="info" Facility="local0" deleteStateOnFileDelete="on" reopenOnTruncate="on") #dnsmasq.log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/dnsmasq.log" Tag="dnsmasq" Severity="info" Facility="local0" deleteStateOnFileDelete="on" reopenOnTruncate="on") #procstate input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/procstate" Tag="procstate" Severity="info" Facility="local0" deleteStateOnFileDelete="on" reopenOnTruncate="on") #backup.log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/backup.log" Tag="applmgmt-backup" Severity="info" Facility="local0" deleteStateOnFileDelete="on" reopenOnTruncate="on") #size.log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/size.log" Tag="applmgmt-size" Severity="info" Facility="local0" deleteStateOnFileDelete="on" reopenOnTruncate="on") #restore.log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/restore.log" Tag="applmgmt-restore" Severity="info" Facility="local0" deleteStateOnFileDelete="on" reopenOnTruncate="on") #reconciliation.log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/reconciliation.log" Tag="applmgmt-reconciliation" Severity="info" Facility="local0" deleteStateOnFileDelete="on" reopenOnTruncate="on") #pnid_change.log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/pnid_change.log" Tag="applmgmt-pnid-change" Severity="info" Facility="local0" deleteStateOnFileDelete="on" reopenOnTruncate="on")

Note: If the entries for "deleteStateOnFileDelete" or "reopenOnTruncate" are not present, this is not a finding.

If the output does not match the expected result, this is a finding.

Navigate to and open:

/etc/vmware-syslog/vmware-services-applmgmt.conf

Create the file if it does not exist.

Set the contents of the file as follows:

#applmgmt.log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/applmgmt.log" Tag="applmgmt" Severity="info" Facility="local0" deleteStateOnFileDelete="on" reopenOnTruncate="on") #applmgmt-audit.log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt-audit/applmgmt-audit.log" Tag="applmgmt-audit" Severity="info" Facility="local0" deleteStateOnFileDelete="on" reopenOnTruncate="on") #applmgmt-backup-restore-audit.log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt-audit/applmgmt-br-audit.log" Tag="applmgmt-br-audit" Severity="info" Facility="local0" deleteStateOnFileDelete="on" reopenOnTruncate="on") #vami-access.log input(type="imfile" File="/opt/vmware/var/log/lighttpd/access.log" Tag="vami-access" Severity="info" Facility="local0" deleteStateOnFileDelete="on" reopenOnTruncate="on") #vami-error.log input(type="imfile" File="/opt/vmware/var/log/lighttpd/error.log" Tag="vami-error" Severity="info" Facility="local0" deleteStateOnFileDelete="on" reopenOnTruncate="on") #dcui.log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/dcui.log" Tag="dcui" Severity="info" Facility="local0" deleteStateOnFileDelete="on" reopenOnTruncate="on") #detwist.log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/detwist.log" Tag="detwist" Severity="info" Facility="local0" deleteStateOnFileDelete="on" reopenOnTruncate="on") #firewall-reload.log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/firewall-reload.log" Tag="firewall-reload" Severity="info" Facility="local0" deleteStateOnFileDelete="on" reopenOnTruncate="on") #applmgmt_vmonsvc.std* input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/applmgmt_vmonsvc.stdout" Tag="applmgmt_vmonsvc" Severity="info" Facility="local0" deleteStateOnFileDelete="on" reopenOnTruncate="on") input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/applmgmt_vmonsvc.stderr" Tag="applmgmt_vmonsvc" Severity="info" Facility="local0" deleteStateOnFileDelete="on" reopenOnTruncate="on") #backupSchedulerCron input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/backupSchedulerCron.log" Tag="backupSchedulerCron" Severity="info" Facility="local0" deleteStateOnFileDelete="on" reopenOnTruncate="on") #progress.log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/progress.log" Tag="progress" Severity="info" Facility="local0" deleteStateOnFileDelete="on" reopenOnTruncate="on") #statsmoitor-alarms input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/statsmon/statsmoitor-alarms.log" Tag="statsmoitor-alarms" Severity="info" Facility="local0" deleteStateOnFileDelete="on" reopenOnTruncate="on") #StatsMonitor input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/statsmon/StatsMonitor.log" Tag="StatsMonitor" Severity="info" Facility="local0" deleteStateOnFileDelete="on" reopenOnTruncate="on") #StatsMonitorStartup.log.std* input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/statsmon/StatsMonitorStartup.log.std*" Tag="StatsMonitor-Startup" Severity="info" Facility="local0" deleteStateOnFileDelete="on" reopenOnTruncate="on") #PatchRunner input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/PatchRunner.log" Tag="PatchRunner" Severity="info" Facility="local0" deleteStateOnFileDelete="on" reopenOnTruncate="on") #update_microservice input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/update_microservice.log" Tag="update_microservice" Severity="info" Facility="local0" deleteStateOnFileDelete="on" reopenOnTruncate="on") #vami input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/vami.log" Tag="vami" Severity="info" Facility="local0" deleteStateOnFileDelete="on" reopenOnTruncate="on") #vcdb_pre_patch input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/vcdb_pre_patch.*" Tag="vcdb_pre_patch" Severity="info" Facility="local0" deleteStateOnFileDelete="on" reopenOnTruncate="on") #dnsmasq.log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/dnsmasq.log" Tag="dnsmasq" Severity="info" Facility="local0" deleteStateOnFileDelete="on" reopenOnTruncate="on") #procstate input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/procstate" Tag="procstate" Severity="info" Facility="local0" deleteStateOnFileDelete="on" reopenOnTruncate="on") #backup.log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/backup.log" Tag="applmgmt-backup" Severity="info" Facility="local0" deleteStateOnFileDelete="on" reopenOnTruncate="on") #size.log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/size.log" Tag="applmgmt-size" Severity="info" Facility="local0" deleteStateOnFileDelete="on" reopenOnTruncate="on") #restore.log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/restore.log" Tag="applmgmt-restore" Severity="info" Facility="local0" deleteStateOnFileDelete="on" reopenOnTruncate="on") #reconciliation.log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/reconciliation.log" Tag="applmgmt-reconciliation" Severity="info" Facility="local0" deleteStateOnFileDelete="on" reopenOnTruncate="on") #pnid_change.log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/applmgmt/pnid_change.log" Tag="applmgmt-pnid-change" Severity="info" Facility="local0" deleteStateOnFileDelete="on" reopenOnTruncate="on")