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V-256682

CAT II (Medium)

ESX Agent Manager must not be configured with unsupported realms.

Rule ID

SV-256682r888602_rule

STIG

VMware vSphere 7.0 vCenter Appliance EAM Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R2

CCIs

CCI-000381

Discussion

ESX Agent Manager performs authentication at the application level and not through Tomcat. To eliminate unnecessary features and ensure ESX Agent Manager remains in its shipping state, the lack of a "UserDatabaseRealm" configuration must be confirmed.

Check Content

At the command prompt, run the following command:

# grep UserDatabaseRealm /usr/lib/vmware-eam/web/conf/server.xml

If the command produces any output, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Navigate to and open:

/usr/lib/vmware-eam/web/conf/server.xml

Remove the <Realm> node returned in the check.

Restart the service with the following command:

# vmon-cli --restart eam