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← Back to VMware vSphere 8.0 vCenter Appliance PostgreSQL Security Technical Implementation Guide

V-259181

CAT II (Medium)

The vCenter PostgreSQL service must have log collection enabled.

Rule ID

SV-259181r935447_rule

STIG

VMware vSphere 8.0 vCenter Appliance PostgreSQL Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R1

CCIs

CCI-001814CCI-001844

Discussion

Without the ability to centrally manage the content captured in the audit records, identification, troubleshooting, and correlation of suspicious behavior would be difficult and could lead to a delayed or incomplete analysis of an ongoing attack. The content captured in audit records must be managed from a central location (necessitating automation). Centralized management of audit records and logs provides for efficiency in maintenance and management of records, as well as the backup and archiving of those records. Satisfies: SRG-APP-000356-DB-000314, SRG-APP-000381-DB-000361

Check Content

At the command prompt, run the following command:

# /opt/vmware/vpostgres/current/bin/psql -U postgres -A -t -c "SHOW logging_collector;"

Expected result:

on

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

Fix Text

A script is included with vCenter to generate a PostgreSQL STIG configuration.

At the command prompt, run the following commands:

# chmod +x /opt/vmware/vpostgres/current/bin/vmw_vpg_config/vmw_vpg_config.py
# /opt/vmware/vpostgres/current/bin/vmw_vpg_config/vmw_vpg_config.py --action stig_enable --pg-data-dir /storage/db/vpostgres
# chmod -x /opt/vmware/vpostgres/current/bin/vmw_vpg_config/vmw_vpg_config.py

Restart the PostgreSQL service by running the following command:

# vmon-cli --restart vmware-vpostgres