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V-256805

CAT II (Medium)

vSphere UI must use a logging mechanism that is configured to allocate log record storage capacity large enough to accommodate the logging requirements of the web server.

Rule ID

SV-256805r889414_rule

STIG

VMware vSphere 7.0 vCenter Appliance UI Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R2

CCIs

CCI-001849

Discussion

To ensure the logging mechanism used by the web server has sufficient storage capacity in which to write the logs, the logging mechanism must be able to allocate log record storage capacity. vSphere UI configures log sizes and rotation appropriately as part of its installation routine. Verifying that the logging configuration file ("serviceability.xml") has not been modified is sufficient to determine if the logging configuration has been modified from the default.

Check Content

At the command prompt, run the following command: 
 
# rpm -V vsphere-ui|grep serviceability.xml|grep "^..5......" 
 
If the command returns any output, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Reinstall the VCSA or roll back to a snapshot. 
 
VMware does not support modifying the vSphere UI installation files manually.