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V-256609

CAT II (Medium)

"Rsyslog" must be configured to monitor VMware Postgres logs.

Rule ID

SV-256609r887613_rule

STIG

VMware vSphere 7.0 vCenter Appliance PostgreSQL Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R2

CCIs

CCI-001851 CCI-001855 CCI-001858

Discussion

For performance reasons, "rsyslog" file monitoring is preferred over configuring VMware Postgres to send events to a "syslog" facility. Without ensuring that logs are created, that "rsyslog" configs are created, and that those configs are loaded, the log file monitoring and shipping will not be effective. Satisfies: SRG-APP-000359-DB-000319, SRG-APP-000360-DB-000320, SRG-APP-000515-DB-000318

Check Content

At the command prompt, run the following command:

# rpm -V VMware-Postgres-cis-visl-scripts|grep -E "vmware-services-vmware-vpostgres.conf|vmware-services-vmware-postgres-archiver.conf" | grep "^..5......"

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

Fix Text

Navigate to and open:

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

Create the file if it does not exist.

Set the contents of the file as follows:

# vmware-vpostgres first logs, before loading configuration
input(type="imfile"
      File="/var/log/vmware/vpostgres/serverlog.std*"
      Tag="vpostgres-first"
      Severity="info"
      Facility="local0")
# vmware-vpostgres logs
input(type="imfile"
      File="/var/log/vmware/vpostgres/postgresql-*.log"
      Tag="vpostgres"
      Severity="info"
      Facility="local0")

Navigate to and open:

/etc/vmware-syslog/vmware-services-vmware-postgres-archiver.conf

Create the file if it does not exist.

Set the contents of the file as follows:

# vmware-postgres-archiver logs
input(type="imfile"
      File="/var/log/vmware/vpostgres/pg_archiver.log.std*"
      Tag="postgres-archiver"
      Severity="info"
      Facility="local0")