Rsyslog must be configured to monitor and ship Performance Charts log files.

Severity	Group ID	Group Title	Version	Rule ID	Date	STIG Version
medium	V-256640	SRG-APP-000358-WSR-000163	VCPF-70-000030	SV-256640r888411_rule	2023-02-21	1

Description
Performance Charts produces several logs that must be offloaded from the originating system. This information can then be used for diagnostic purposes, forensics purposes, or other purposes relevant to ensuring the availability and integrity of the hosted application. Satisfies: SRG-APP-000358-WSR-000163, SRG-APP-000125-WSR-000071

ℹ️ Check
At the command prompt, run the following command: # rpm -V VMware-visl-integration\|grep vmware-services-perfcharts.conf\|grep "^..5......" If the command returns any output, this is a finding.

✔️ Fix
Navigate to and open: /etc/vmware-syslog/vmware-services-perfcharts.conf Create the file if it does not exist. Set the contents of the file as follows: #stats input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/perfcharts/stats.log" Tag="perfcharts-stats" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #localhost_access_log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/perfcharts/localhost_access_log.txt" Tag="perfcharts-localhost_access" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #vmware-perfcharts-gc.log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/perfcharts/vmware-perfcharts-gc.log..current" Tag="perfcharts-gc" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #vmware-perfcharts-runtime.log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/perfcharts/vmware-perfcharts-runtime.log.std" Tag="perfcharts-runtime" Severity="info" Facility="local0")

✔️ Fix

Navigate to and open: /etc/vmware-syslog/vmware-services-perfcharts.conf Create the file if it does not exist. Set the contents of the file as follows: #stats input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/perfcharts/stats.log" Tag="perfcharts-stats" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #localhost_access_log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/perfcharts/localhost_access_log.txt" Tag="perfcharts-localhost_access" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #vmware-perfcharts-gc.log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/perfcharts/vmware-perfcharts-gc.log.*.current" Tag="perfcharts-gc" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #vmware-perfcharts-runtime.log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/perfcharts/vmware-perfcharts-runtime.log.std*" Tag="perfcharts-runtime" Severity="info" Facility="local0")